Crime & Safety

UPDATED: Car Crashes into Hair Salon, Nail Spa

A motorist crashed into the Main Street businesses around 11:45 a.m. Thursday.

A motorist driving a Toyota Prius on Main Street crashed into the front of two Main Street businesses around 11:45 a.m. Thursday morning. According to , the female driver first hit the Heritage Building sign, panicked and then crashed into the windows of  and .

Stylist Laura Hidish of Methuen was inside the salon when the Toyota drove into the front of the store. 

"If I was doing hair in my chair it would've hit someone," she said. "Everyone was really lucky."

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Receptionist Ashley Madison of Dracut was also at the salon. 

"I was in the back room and I thought one of the shelves broke, but then I heard them screaming," Madison said.

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Both the Police and  reported to the scene. There were no reported injuries.


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