A car crashed into the American Science & Surplus store Monday afternoon in unincorporated Kane County near Geneva in Chicago’s far western suburbs.
Store employees confirmed the car crashed into the building shortly after 1 p.m.
Kane County Sheriff’s officials said the driver accidentally put the vehicle into drive instead of reverse, and crashed into the store. There were no indications the driver was impaired.
The store was open at the time of the crash, but no one inside was hurt. The driver and three children in the vehicle also were not injured.
The crash damaged several glass walls of the building, as well as several pieces of merchandise inside. Store employees said they were working on replacing the damaged windows.
“We just want to let everyone know, everyone is OKAY! It was very scary. We will pick up the pieces and get back to ‘normal,'” the store said in a Facebook post.
The store is one of two American Science & Surplus stores still open as employee-owned businesses after the flagship store in Park Ridge closed at the end of September. The Park Ridge store has reopened a few times since its official closing for “final fling” sales to clear out its inventory and fully go out of business.