ELLSWORTH, Maine — A car crashed through the front wall of a High Street supermarket on Thursday, causing structural damage but no injuries.
A Subaru Forester slammed into the brick front of Hannaford Supermarket at about 1:30 p.m. Because of concern that part of the wall might collapse, the store was immediately evacuated and closed as a precaution, Ellsworth Fire Department Capt. Robert Dorr said.
“The vehicle went clean through the front of the building into the men’s bathroom, so the front facade is fatigued relatively drastically,” Dorr said Thursday. “We have to shore it up as best we can and wait for an engineer to arrive on-scene and let us know what we are going to do from here.”
Firefighters used a hydraulic jack to hold up the wall.
The elderly driver, whom police did not identify, was not cited. He reported that his foot slipped off the brake and hit the accelerator as he drove through the parking lot. The Forester glanced off another vehicle before hitting the wall, police said.
The building owner, Union River Associates LLC., summoned a structural engineer and contractor to repair the damage, said Jared Wilbur, the owner’s director of maintenance.
It was unclear when the building would reopen, Wilbur said.
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