Community Police & Fire

Vehicle crashes into building at Uptown

Gig Harbor Fire and Medic One took a patient to an area hospital Tuesday afternoon after a vehicle crashed into a building at the Uptown shopping center on Point Fosdick Drive.

A Chevrolet pickup crashed into the Bloom Boutique store at 4763 Point Fosdick Dr. shortly before 2 p.m., according to a news release from the Gig Harbor Police Department.

Gig Harbor Fire and Medic One provided this photo of damage caused when a vehicle crashed into a building in Uptown on Tuesday, Jan. 6.

Police Chief Tray Federici said in the news release that the 65-year-old driver of the truck got his foot stuck between the gas and brake pedals. The truck accelerated unintentionally and hit a stop sign and a parked vehicle. It crossed over a sidewalk and smashed into the north wall of the business.

The driver cooperated with the police investigation. Federici said officers identified no criminal violations.

Gig Harbor Fire took one person who had been inside the business to the hospital for treatment. Federici said the injuries were “non-critical.”

The vehicle hit the building’s gas meter, causing a natural gas leak. Puget Sound Energy responded to contain it.

Gig Harbor Fire and Medic One provided this photo of damage caused when a vehicle crashed into a building in Uptown on Tuesday, Jan. 6.