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An inexperienced teenaged driver crashed into the Comfort Shoes storefront on May 23 at 6:30 p.m., according to Hollister Police Chief Carlos Reynoso.
Reynoso said there were no injuries and the driver cooperated with police and was released to his parents.
The vehicle apparently went through the storefront knocking shoe racks down and hitting a wall damaging the sheetrock. The crash also caused damage to the adjacent Supercuts salon knocking down a shelf filled with hair products.
Blanca Perez, manager of the salon, told BenitoLink she was not present at the time of the crash but her two employees told her two female occupants of the car left the scene.
“It was a newly licensed driver, a juvenile, and there was no alcohol suspected,” Reynoso said. “Just inexperience and [he] stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake.”
Perez said Comfort Shoes was closed at the time of the crash.
John Kent with Pacific Oak Companies, which owns the retail space, said it appeared there was no structural damage to the wall connecting both businesses.
Damage to the Supercuts salon after a car crashed into the adjacent Comfort Shoes store. Photo by Noe Magaña. 
Comfort Shoes storefront boarded following a crash. Photo by Adam Bell. 
Damage to the Comfort Shoes store after a car drove through the storefront. Photo by Noe Magaña. 
Closure following crash. Photo by Leslie David. 
Damage to Supercuts following crash. Photo by Leslie David.
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