Mishap Sends Car Through West Hempstead Store

A driver-less vehicle crashed through the glass storefront of a carpet shop in West Hempstead Monday afternoon.

The tan minivan had been tethered to a tow truck, which had been travelling westbound on Hempstead Turnpike on May 9, when somehow it became unhinged.

The car flew backwards, crossed two lanes of eastbound traffic and collided into the large plate glass window of Nahas Rug Co., located on the corner of Spruce Street and Hempstead Turnpike.

West Hempstead Volunteer Firefighters and Nassau County Police both responded to the scene. No one on the street or in the store was injured.