A Cedar Rapids driver was cited after a single vehicle crash Tuesday evening in Solon.
At 5:12 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, the Joint Emergency Communications Center (JECC) received a report that a vehicle had struck the front of The Eat Shop, located at 120 W. Main St. in Solon.
According to Kristen Silver, Johnson County Public Safety & Justice Public Information Officer, Tinotenda Saradinya, age 22, of Cedar Rapids, mistakenly hit the gas pedal instead of the brake and hit the front of the building. The impact caused a glass door to break and damaged the building.
Saradinya was cited for failure to maintain control.
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The front of The Eat Shop was boarded up Tuesday evening after a vehicle jumped the curb and struck it.
Photo by Trevor McGill and provided to the Economist my Tim Brown.