Police: Orient woman injured when car hits building in Mattituck

An 89-year-old woman from Orient was injured Thursday when the gas pedal in her car became stuck -- and she crashed into a building in Mattituck -- police said the woman told them.

Southold Town police said Dorothy Fisher sustained a leg injury in the crash and was transported by Mattituck Fire Department ambulance to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead for treatment.

Her condition was not immediately known Friday.

Police said Fisher told them she had just used the cash machine at a bank in Mattituck Plaza and was attempting to leave the area when the pedal in her 2001 Mercury became stuck at 1:10 p.m. -- and she crashed into Renee's home furnishings store.

The damage to the building was not detailed.

No charged were filed, police said.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”