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Kroger employee suffers possible skull fracture after car crashes into store

Yellow police tape blocks off the self-checkout area inside a grocery store, with several registers and aisles closed to customers.
Lara Dua-Swartz
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WUGA
The Kroger on Alps road was mostly back to normal Wednesday morning.

A police report by the Athens-Clarke County Police Department is revealing more information regarding Tuesday’s car crash into the Alps Road Kroger. Police say video evidence shows that the driver of the vehicle, Lonneshia Shafaye Appling, waited in the parking lot for several minutes before accelerating forward and striking the building.
As the car continued through the store, one employee and four customers who were checking out, were hit and injured.

The report states that Kroger employee suffered a suspected skull fracture, one person sustained a possible concussion, and another received a laceration on his arm.
The driver sustained facial swelling during the collision.

Police say the investigation is ongoing.

Alexia Ridley joined WUGA as Television and Radio News Anchor and Reporter in 2013. When WUGA TV concluded operations, she became the primary Reporter for WUGA Radio. Alexia came to Athens from Macon where she served as the News Director and show host for WGXA TV. She's a career journalist and Savannah native hailing from the University of Michigan. However, Alexia considers herself an honorary UGA DAWG!