A man accidentally gunned his car in reverse early Sunday as he was backing out of a parking spot in a Staten Island mall — plowing into the center of a laundromat, authorities said.
The 74-year-old driver was in a shopping mall on Page Ave. near Amboy Rd. in Tottenville around 8 a.m. when he sent his vehicle flying in the wrong direction, police said.
Bradley Grantham, 26, was inside a nearby business when he hear a loud noise that "almost sounded like an explosion."
He ran into the laundromat and saw the white Ford SUV had barreled deep into the store.
"The car was all the way in the back. Maybe 30 to 40 feet in. There were three people pinned against the wall. Several other injured people were lying to the side," he said.
Grantham said he tried to free the trapped customers but couldn't budge the truck. Emergency crews arrived within minutes and pulled everyone to safety, witnesses said.
The sudden Sunday morning crash left three people with serious injuries that were not considered life-threatening and three others with minor injuries, police and fire officials said.
"No serious injuries," said Grantham. "It could have been worse."
All six were transported to Staten Island University Hospital, authorities said.
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