A 26-year-woman has been taken to hospital after a taxi cab smashed into a downtown convenience store briefly trapping the woman who was inside behind the counter.

The accident occurred around 1 p.m. Friday at Haji Grocery near the corner of Wilson and James Street North.

Firefighters carry an injured woman out of a downtown convenience store on a spine board. (Michael Gregory/CBC)

The Blue Line cab smashed through the front window, injuring the woman who was working at the counter, which is located just inside the glass front. A police officer jumped behind the counter- to assist the woman before firefighters arrived and placed her on a spinal board.

The woman was heard telling emergency crews that her lower leg was injured.

Vic and Charaya were having lunch next door when they saw the cab turn and heard a “thump.”

“I didn't hear the tires screech so I don't think he hit the brakes,” Vic said. “There was a car that was parked in front of him so what I think happened was he thought it was moving...so he probably just turned last minute and ended up in there.”

A store employee said the woman was new to the job and was being trained.

The driver of the taxi appeared uninjured but was seen wearing a boot cast presumably from a prior injury.