Car crashes into Tigard salon; 3 hurt

Published 4:00 am Thursday, December 11, 2008

TIGARD — A Mercedes slammed into a Tigard salon, injuring two women getting their hair done and an employee.

Tigard Police spokesman Jim Wolf said Wednesday’s crash occurred when the driver’s foot slipped from the brake to the accelerator.

The car didn’t stop until it was completely inside the beauty shop.

One customer was taken to at OHSU Hospital after getting pinned by the car. Two other women were hit by flying debris.

One declined to be taken to the hospital and the other was sent to Legacy Meridian Park Hospital.

Wolf said the salon has been hit by a vehicle twice in two years.

He added that the driver — 75-year-old Georgia Vareldzis — would probably not be given a ticket.

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