ROCHESTER, New York-A sport utility vehicle driven by an 83-year-old man plowed into pedestrians and vendors at a public market on Thursday, injuring eight people.The driver lost control when his foot apparently slipped off the brake and hit the accelerator, and the vehicle rammed through at least eight food stalls at the Rochester Public Market, police Chief David Moore said.
At least one person suffered serious injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
The car ended up in a shed, and firefighters had to extract the driver, the police chief said. He said the driver’s injuries appeared to be minor.