Runaway vehicle causes minor damages in Santa Cruz

A 30 year old Capitola woman and her son were parked in a parking lot on the 46 hundred block of Soquel Drive when her 2010 Toyota 4-Runner was accidentally thrown into reverse.

Turns out the mother left the vehicle running and ran into the market while her 12 year old remained in the car. The child reached forward to adjust the radio and inadvertently bumped the vehicle into reverse.

The 4-Runner started to roll backward and traveled out of the parking lot onto Soquel Drive where it started to turn to the right. The vehicle made a u-turn, traveled onto the sidewalk and crashed into the store front of Lucious and Duke Hair Salon on Soquel Drive.

The child wasn’t hurt and the impact caused minor damage to the store and vehicle. Following the collision, the westbound lane of Soquel Drive was closed for about 30 minutes for investigation.