Elderly Driver Crashes Into Fort Lauderdale Storefront

A South Florida driver is thankful no one got hurt after, he said, he accidentally stepped on the gas and crashed into a store in Fort Lauderdale, Monday afternoon. The crash occurred at the Batteries Plus Bulbs store at 1551 E. Commercial Blvd., sometime before 2 p.m. "It sounded like a grenade went off," said store clerk Mike Edwards. Edwards was behind the counter when driver Ralph Soriero’s Nissan Sentra came barreling through the front window. ""All I saw was glass and bulbs coming at me," said Edwards. "My foot evidently slipped off the brake and hit the gas pedal," said Soriero. "It was too late then."