Car crashes into Cary Starbucks about two weeks after its opening

CARY – About two weeks after it opened, Cary's first Starbucks was damaged after a car drove into it, Cary Deputy Police Chief Jim Fillmore said.

About 6:47 p.m. Monday, a white Hyundai crashed through a window and into the west side of the building at 620 Route 14.

The driver, 55-year-old Hoon J. Jeong, was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash, Fillmore said. He said the car was parked in the lot and the driver’s foot slipped off the brake and hit the accelerator.

There were no passengers in the car, Fillmore said, and he did not know Jeong’s address.

Cary Fire Protection District Chief Jeff Macko said the driver and one person inside the Starbucks were checked at the scene, and no one was taken to the hospital.

Fillmore said that according to Cary building and zoning staff, there was damage to the floor and window of Starbucks, but not its structure.