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By MAX MICHOR LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

July 10, 2016 - 3:22 pm

No one was injured when a woman drove her car through the front window of a smoke shop in the southwest Las Vegas on Sunday afternoon, police said.

Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Jeff Goodwin said the woman thought she was stepping on her brake pedal when her car accelerated into the front of the Tropicana Smoke Shop at 6140 W. Tropicana Ave. at about 2:45 p.m. Sunday.

No one was injured, and police do not believe impairment factored in the crash.

Contact Max Michor at mmichor@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Find @MaxMichor on Twitter.

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