Seattle, WA : Elderly woman crashes car into fortune cookie company on Tuesday afternoon, February 3, 2015
A 92-year-old woman was taken to Harborview Medical Center on Tuesday afternoon after she crashed her car into a fortune cookie manufacturer in Seattle's International District.
Firefighters were called to the Tsue Chong Company on South Weller street just before 1:30 p.m. after getting reports that a car drove into a building and a person was trapped inside, according to Seattle police.
When they arrived, police and firefighters learned the woman was not trapped and there was only minor damage to the building and car. The woman didn't have any visible injuries, but she was taken to Harborview as a precaution.
A glass front door to the building was shattered, but police do not believe the building suffered and structural damage. Investigators are still looking into what caused the accident.
Nobody inside the building was injured, but it's unclear if the crash affected production at the company. Tsue Chong makes and sells noodles and fortune cookies, according to a company website.
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Elderly woman crashes car into fortune cookie company