Bayonne driver backs into local storefront after accident near Kennedy Blvd.
A Bayonne woman backed her blue Mazda into the brick storefront of a convenience store after striking a car last week in Bayonne, according to Bayonne police. Robinlyn Shortell, 27, was driving west on W18th Street, at the corner of Kennedy Blvd. at 8:40 p.m., Friday, Feb. 2, when she struck a blue Chevrolet, driven by a 59-year-old Bayonne man,...
Fazle Abrar, owner of The Bayonne Store, Kennedy Blvd., points out the damage caused by a vehicle that backed into the storefront last week in Bayonne. Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Kate Kowsh/Jersey Journal
A Bayonne woman backed her blue Mazda into the brick storefront of a convenience store after striking a car last week in Bayonne, according to Bayonne police.
Robinlyn Shortell, 27, was driving west on W18th Street, at the corner of Kennedy Blvd. at 8:40 p.m., Friday, Feb. 2, when she struck a blue Chevrolet, driven by a 59-year-old Bayonne man, who was travelling north on Kennedy Blvd., according to the accident report.
She then backed into The Bayonne Store, 488 Kennedy Blvd., a corner storefront, the report stated.
Although Shortell was not charged in connection with the accident, she was arrested on an outstanding warrant out of Bayonne for $100, Bayonne police said.
The Bayonne man whose car was struck, told police that Shortell had exited W18th Street at a high rate of speed, struck the passenger side of his car, then backed up, crashing into the building, located at 488 Kennedy Blvd., the report stated.
Shortell told police that she didn't see the man's Chevrolet until she struck it, the accident report stated, and that she panicked, put her vehicle in reverse and accelerated into the storefront.
A witness at the scene also reported that Shortell nearly struck a pedestrian as she backed up, according to the police report.
The store owner, Fazle Abrar, who lives upstairs from the shop with his wife and four children, said he was at home at the time of the accident. "It was like a bump, our building all shook," he said last week. "I was astonished how this happened."
Abrar added that the although he didn't know how much in damages was caused to the storefront, more than $500 in damage to products and appliances that were pushed in during the accident.
The building's owner could not be reached for comment this afternoon.
Shortell was released after posting bail, police said.
