Customer dies after car crashes into Ore. hair salon

By Associated Press

Summary

Albany police say a 55-year-old woman injured when a car crashed through the front of a hair salon has died. Charlene Diane O'Connell was taken to a Corvallis hospital after the Friday afternoon accident; police said she died about 5:30 p.m.

Story Published: Oct 31, 2009 at 2:31 PM PST

Story Updated: Oct 31, 2009 at 2:31 PM PST

Customer dies after car crashes into Ore. hair salon
ALBANY, Ore. (AP) - Albany police say a 55-year-old woman injured when a car crashed through the front of a hair salon has died.

Charlene Diane O'Connell was taken to a Corvallis hospital after the Friday afternoon accident; police said she died about 5:30 p.m.

An employee of the Perfect Look Salon in the Albany Fred Meyer shopping center said the woman was a regular customer who was getting a shampoo when she was trapped between the car and a sink.

Police identified the driver of the Toyota Camry as 79-year-old Margaret Zipp. She was not injured. Another customer suffered a cut knee.

Police Capt. Eric Carter says the driver apparently hit the gas instead of the brake.

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