By Carlos Sadovi and Naomi Nix
Tribune reporters
7:59 p.m. CST, January 13, 2013
An elderly person drove a Lincoln Town Car into the Lincoln Park Apple store this evening leaving one person with minor injures, officials said.
Fire Department paramedics were called to the store at 801 W. North Ave. at about 6:30 p.m. this evening, said Chicago Fire Department Spokesman Joseph Roccasalva.
Chicago police were on the scene and investigating the crash, said Chicago News Affairs Officer Joshua Purkiss. The driver was described as elderly, he said.
The dark-colored sedan drove through the glass walls and made it about four or five feet inside, where it seemed to turn and rested near display cases holding headphones and other accessories, according to witnesses.
There were shards of glass strewn on the ground from the impact, according to witnesses.
Initially people refused treatment in the incident but paramedics were later called back to the scene and took an injured person to Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital in good condition, said Roccasalva.
A store employee refused to comment and referred calls from the media to a media representative who did not immediately return calls.
Phillip Chang, 32, was dining at Burger Bar when his friend's six year old son motioned him over to the window to see a car driving into the window of the Apple store.
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"He told us to come see what happened," Chang said.
"I think it was driving too fast," said Jack Dutton, 6, as he sat in Chang's arms.
Chang said the store didn't seem to be crowded at the time of the crash. "The store seemed to be closed already," he said.
The store's website indicated that the store was open until 7 p.m. Sunday.
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