OMG: 26 Hurt In Grocery Store Crash In Vegas

Picture from Channel 13: http://www.jrn.com/ktnv/news/Truck-drives-through-local-grocery-store-entrance-248042371.html
From the LVRJ:
A woman in her 80s apparently lost control of her pickup and drove through a crowded Food 4 Less in Las Vegas, causing cashiers and customers to duck for cover and sending nearly a dozen people to hospitals with minor to moderate injuries Saturday.
At least 17 people were treated at the scene for cuts, scrapes and bruises, and nine were taken to University Medical Center and Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, one of them in serious condition.
But there were no fatalities or life threatening injuries in the 2:49 p.m. accident at the intersection of Sahara and Eastern avenues, just south of downtown, said Lt. Ken Romane, a watch commander for the Metropolitan Police Department.
The driver, who was not immediately identified, stood outside the store after the accident. She didn’t suffer any visible injuries and she wasn’t taken into custody. Later, her son came to the scene with a service dog and drove her home, he said.
Romane said she was driving through the parking lot and then, “for some unknown reason still under investigation,” her pickup went through the front doors, then veered to the right inside before winding up in the rear of the store.
She was driving a white Ford 150 pickup with a camper shell on the back....
Romane said it’s not uncommon for people to crash into the sides of buildings or drive through the fronts of stores in Las Vegas, but what is uncommon is that the vehicle made it all the way to the back of the store.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nine-hospitalized-after-pickup-crashes-food-4-less-las-vegas
I think it's time to start testing the elderly yearly and they need to provide medical documentation to say they are safe to drive.
And why didn't the family take this lady's keys away from her?
Wal-Mart puts cement poles in front of their stores to prevent things like this happening.
And this could have been a huge tragedy as this was the first of the month, when food stamp payments come out, social security checks are cut and people are paid.  Throw in the fact this happened on a Saturday, and it could have been so much worse, considering the lady drove 80 yards into the store.