A WOMAN is being treated in Cairns Hospital after a vehicle smashed through the front door of a grocery store on the city’s south side.

It was during a busy lunchtime rush at Casey’s IGA on Toogood Rd at Woree when a red Toyota Corolla careered through the entrance.

An 81-year-old woman who was leaving the checkout was struck on the leg by glass doors that had been smashed from their frame.

She is understood to have suffered soft tissue damage to her leg and was transported to Cairns Hospital in a stable condition.

The woman driver was shocked and “embarrassed” according to witnesses.

Staff from a medical surgery next door rushed to give assistance to those involved in the crash.

CCTV footage shows the elderly woman was the only person in the immediate vicinity of the doorway when the accident happened, however a mother with a baby had entered the IGA moments earlier.

Emergency staff at the scene said the crash could have been caused by the driver stepping on the accelerator by mistake.

Store owner of 25 years, Terry Casey, said staff and customers were “shocked” but coping after the ordeal.

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