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Supreme Court justice drives into store

In this photo provided by UPS store owner Dane Halovich, Las Vegas firefighters examine Nevada Supreme Court Justice Kris Pickering's car after it crashed through the glass front of a UPS Store on Monday.
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Supreme Court Justice Kris Pickering drove her Mercedes sedan into the front of a UPS Store near Rancho Drive and Charleston Boulevard about 9 a.m. today, the store's owner said.

Justice Pickering told store owner Dane Halovich she was pulling into a parking space in front of the store when her accelerator stuck, causing her to smash into the store and narrowly missing a customer who had just exited.

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    • No one was injured, he said.

    "The whole front just exploded inward," Halovich said. "All the wood and glass flew in like shrapnel and everything shot right by me. Miraculously, it just missed me." Halovich said the air bags in the car did not deploy and Pickering was able to get out with her two dogs.

    "I knew who she was, and she apologized," the owner said.

    It is still unknown whether Pickering was cited for the incident.

    Halovich said the store, located near a Smith's grocery store, will likely reopen tomorrow.

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    LCDR Mandingo, NAMvet wrote on June 25, 2009 06:06 PM: Sounds to me like she took defensive driving lessons from Laura Bush.


    Poster Child wrote on June 25, 2009 01:07 PM: Let's blame the dogs!

    Coulda been one of the dogs doing the driving.

    My dad had a dog. His name was Pete. He drove my dad when he was drunk, (my dad, not Pete. Pete didn't drink.)

    Anything but a "stuck accellerator". The physics just don't work out for a parking lot.

    I still blame the dog.


    bill smith wrote on June 23, 2009 09:53 PM: stuck accelerator, ON A MERCEDES!!!
    Please, see what happens when a judge runs through a store. If it were me, I would of been booked into the clark county jail under suspicion of DUI. The idiot judge probably took to many pain killers and couldn't feel the difference. But hey, she's a judge.


    bobo wrote on June 23, 2009 10:07 AM: Stepped on the gas instead of the brakes! Even on a 70's muscle car with a big V8 and drum brakes, the engine can't overcome the brakes.


    TimeRanger wrote on June 22, 2009 10:04 PM: Just how fast was she going in that parking lot ??? I suppose that Mercedes *could* have forgotten to equip that car with brakes


    larry5 wrote on June 22, 2009 09:36 PM: Thank you for an accurate headline!

    Here's the headline the LV Sun ran:
    "Stuck accelerator sends Supreme Court justice’s car into store"

    There has never been a documented case of unintended acceleration, even with Audi's.


    David wrote on June 22, 2009 09:08 PM: I am inclined to believe the sobriety of the driver was in question. Given her stature and las Vegas' tendencies to protect those with influence,I wonder if a sobriety check was even done. The old 'accelerator got stuck' excuse is getting old.


    Too_many_lawyers wrote on June 22, 2009 08:08 PM: Pickering is another one of those "Judges" who supports big government and can't read the simple English the constitution is written in. She probably finds legal merit in warrantless searches. She probably believes that the government's "interests" outweigh yours of mine.


    mark wrote on June 22, 2009 07:24 PM: Ever hear of Chrysler/Dailer-Benz? Has anyone else heard of a late model Mercedes malfunctioning like this? The shoe scenario sounds far more plausible than her lame excuse. Isn't integrity a requirement to be a Supreme Court Justice?


    Wardrobe Malfunction wrote on June 22, 2009 07:11 PM: Probably her shoes. Sometimes the straps get caught around the pedal. First instinct is to push down then up to free the shoe.

    If she owned a Chrysler product, this would never had happened as the car would probably be in the shop for another repair.


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