Customer injured after car crashes into bakery south of Adelaide

A customer has been left injured after a car crashed into a bakery in South Australia while several people were shopping inside.

The 62-year-old woman was inside the bakery on Hutchinson Street, Goolwa, south of Adelaide, when the crash happened just before 11am.

She was taken to hospital by ambulance with injuries which are not said to be life threatening.

A car left the road and crashed into a bakery on Hutchinson Street, Goolwa, just before 11am on October 27. (SA Police)
A car left the road and crashed into a bakery on Hutchinson Street, Goolwa, just before 11am on October 27. (SA Police)

The driver of the car, a 69-year-old Goolwa woman, was taken to hospital as a precaution.

Police said she did not appear to be injured.

SES crews attended and helped to shore up the shop’s structure.

Photos show that the car drove through the building’s front window and front door and into the store, knocking the counter out of the way and disturbing the food displays.

Food was knocked from the racks in the display cabinets. (SA Police)

Furniture on the footpath outside the shop was pushed out of the way in the crash.

The car was removed and towed from the scene.

Investigations into the crash are ongoing.

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