Kroger employee suffers possible skull fracture after car crashes into store

The Kroger on Alps Road was mostly back to normal Wednesday morning, Dec. 17, the day after a car crashed into the building.(Laura Dua-Swartz/WUGA)

A police report by the Athens-Clarke County Police Department is revealing more information regarding Tuesday’s car crash into the Alps Road Kroger.

Police say video evidence shows that the driver of the vehicle, Lonneshia Shafaye Appling, waited in the parking lot for several minutes before accelerating forward and striking the building. As the car continued through the store, one employee and four customers who were checking out were hit and injured.

The report states that a Kroger employee suffered a suspected skull fracture, one person sustained a possible concussion, and another received a laceration on his arm. Appling sustained facial swelling during the collision.

Police say the investigation is ongoing.