Impaired Driver Crashes Through Building

On Monday morning at approximately 11:51am officers of the Liberal Police Department responded to 624 North Kansas (Check N Go) in reference to a vehicle that had driven through a building. Upon arrival, the investigating officers learned that a 46 year old female was driving a  Plymouth Grand Voyager through the parking lot when she mistook the brake pedal for the gas pedal causing her to accelerate through the front of the building. The store was unoccupied at the time of the accident, and neither the driver nor her passenger reported any injuries. The driver showed signs of impairment during sobriety testing, and was later taken into custody for suspicion of Driving Under the Influence of Drugs.