Man injured after car crashes into St. Paul bank

10:57 AM, Sep 14, 2012   |    comments
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - An elderly man is hospitalized after a car smashed through the front of a bank Friday morning.

Police tell KARE 11 that a 51-year-old driver with her learners permit was driving with a licensed driver when she panicked in oncoming traffic, hit the accelerator and drove into the front of the Cherokee Bank at Osceola and Randolph.   

The woman's vehicle struck a pillar in the bank's entry, and it fell on a 71-year-old bank patron. He was taken to the hospital with injuries.

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