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Elderly man crashes into shopping center

A Pennsylvania Department of Revenue office in the Northeast received an unexpected visitor on Friday afternoon as a Mercedes-Benz sedan crashed through the stripmall storefront.

It happened at about 5:15 p.m. in the Academy Plaza shopping center. Philadelphia police say that an 82-year-old man was behind the wheel when his vehicle careened over a curb and crashed into the tax office at 3240 Red Lion Road. The driver was taken to Aria Health-Torresdale for evaluation, said police, who did not release his name or information about his injuries.

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No passenger or pedestrian injuries were reported, although the car and the storefront sustained moderate to heavy damage.

The driver stated to police that he “passed out for a second” and “came to” while hitting the curb and striking the building, police said. ••

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