By JESSE GRAHAM
UPDATE: 11am
TWO Healesville drivers have walked away uninjured after two separate crashes at Healesville Walk Shopping Centre on Monday, 2 November.
Lilydale Police Leading Senior Constable (LSC) Silvia Jarvie said that, at 6.15am, a Healesville man in his mid-forties, was parked outside of the Soul Pattinson Chemist.
LSC Jarvie said the man then “mistook his accelerator pedal for his brake pedal”, mounting the footpath and crashing through the front window of the shop.
The man was not injured in the incident, and LSC Jarvie said police were remaining on the scene at 8.30am to talk to the business owner.
At 10.20am, an 84-year-old Healesville woman in the same car park drove through a bollard and a street sign separating the shopping centre car park and the Healesville Community Link car park.
Mooroolbark Police Leading Senior Constable (LSC), Barry Roberts and Senior Constable Chris Moloney said police believe the woman may have also mistaken her accelerator for her brake pedal, or have put her car in the wrong gear, and drove through the bollards.
The car, a maroon Ford Fairmont, was left in the air from the crash, with damage to the undercarriage and front bumper bar – the driver was not injured in the incident.
As of 10.40am, a tow truck driver was on the scene with police, as they spoke to the driver.
