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Tesla Driver Plows Into Mom-and-Pop-Liquor Store in Sunnyvale
NBC Bay Area ^ | Friday, Jul 17, 2015 | Ian Cull and Lisa Fernandez

Posted on 07/19/2015 10:40:20 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A driver accidentally hit the accelerator on his Tesla Thursday night, and plowed into a mom-and-pop liquor store in Sunnyvale.

The crash occurred about 9 p.m. at Liquor and Food Mart at 163 E. Fremont Ave.

The driver, who didn’t want to be identified, told NBC Bay Area that he thought he was hitting the brake when he instead revved up, smashing into the glass panes of the store.

The store owner's son, Jason Matthew, told NBC Bay Area they’d be closed "indefinately" because of the structural damage to the building."To see so much carnage and damage is heartwrenching," he said.

There was no immediate word on whether there would be any fines or arrests.


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To: Fightin Whitey

“There’s two of us. We can handle this. Let’s turn off spell-check. Woohoo!”


21 posted on 07/20/2015 6:09:26 AM PDT by Moltke
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To: doorgunner69

SLIGHT correction:

Sounds like one of those drivers in their 80’s in their Audi


22 posted on 07/20/2015 7:35:46 AM PDT by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I once walked past a spot where mere seconds later someone drove into thefront window of a supermarket...

Divine providence!


23 posted on 07/20/2015 7:40:31 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: nickcarraway

Just shocked it wasn’t an SUV.


24 posted on 07/20/2015 7:43:09 AM PDT by dfwgator
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Driver to be charged with assault and ... battery.

25 posted on 07/20/2015 8:08:43 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< | :)~)
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To: nickcarraway

White Lightning. ..


26 posted on 07/20/2015 9:35:53 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Vendome

Never would have happened if it was a Ford...


27 posted on 07/20/2015 9:56:33 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Talisker
"Carnage"? I guess he's referring to the broken bottles of booze, LOL!

Wondering if any of those booze bottles were your relatives?

28 posted on 07/20/2015 10:00:08 AM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: nickcarraway

How do you “Rev Up” a Tesla?

They should just make it a drive thru.. lots more Teslas on the road these days.


29 posted on 07/20/2015 10:01:58 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: nickcarraway

Nope

Would have been Found On the Road Dead....


30 posted on 07/20/2015 10:12:12 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: NorthMountain
Wondering if any of those booze bottles were your relatives?

Howdy stranger. F%&k you, too.

31 posted on 07/20/2015 11:13:56 AM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Talisker
I see two possibilities:

1) You're unaware that "Talisker" is a brand of Scotch Whisky. (Good stuff, BTW ... Be a shame to have a bunch of it trashed like this ...)

2) You're aware of it, and you're lacking in the humor department.

I don't apologize for the joke.

32 posted on 07/20/2015 11:19:09 AM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: NorthMountain
I don't apologize for the joke.

I don't apologize for mine, either.

33 posted on 07/20/2015 12:18:31 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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