An early-evening accident sent a car hurtling through the front window of a Main Street East pharmacy Monday.

According to an eyewitness, a silver Honda travelling east in the far-right lane on Main Street near Carrick Avenue veered across the road around 6:20 p.m. and clipped a Ford van, sending the van into a utility pole and the car crashing into The Medicine Shoppe pharmacy at 839 Main Street East, near Gage Avenue.

Emergency services personnel had to extricate the woman driver from the car.

Both drivers were taken to hospital as a precautionary measure, but their injuries were not believed to be serious.

Allan Carter, who witnessed the crash from just metres away, said the outcome could have been much worse.

"There's little kids running back and forth here all the time," Carter said as he motioned to the sidewalk in front of the pharmacy.

Nader Tadros, the pharmacy's owner, arrived on the scene at around 7 p.m. and huddled with police officers.

"It's one of those days," said a glum-looking Tadros. "I never expected something like that."

Police continued to investigate the crash Monday evening.