Police said the driver, Eugene J. Pilis of Hatfield, was not cited.
NORTHAMPTON - No injuries were reported late Wednesday morning when an 83-year-old man accidentally drove into the front wall at Liquors 44 on King Street.
Eugene J. Pilis, of 74 Prospect St., Hatfield, told police that his foot accidentally hit the gas when he went to step on the brake, Capt. Scott A. Savino said
The impact of the crash damaged some of the brickwork below a plate glass window to the store’s bottle redemption room, Savino said. The glass did not break.
Pilis was not cited, Savino said. “I think it was just an accident, he said.