Car crashes into music store in Los Gatos – NBC Bay Area

Police are investigating after a car crashed into a music store in Los Gatos.

The incident occurred Monday morning at Rockin' Kidz Music. But the store was closed and no one was injured at the time of the accident. The store is also a music school where about 200 students take music lessons.

As a driver of the car sped through Rockin' Kidz Music, employees at the barbershop next door said the noise was deafening.

“Boom, boom, boom!” said Los Gatos resident Kevin Nguyen.

The car uprooted a large mailbox before crashing through glass and brick. Police said a woman was driving the car and was the only one inside.

Jennifer Nguyen of Los Gatos told NBC Bay Area on Monday that she heard the woman screaming right after the accident.

“The lady screamed, 'Oh my God!' Oh my God!' and so we came outside,” she said.

Police are investigating whether the driver may have accidentally stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake or whether there was a medical problem. The driver declined to speak to NBC Bay Area on Monday.

The damage to the building was so extensive that firefighters had to rebuild two pillars while they investigated.

Tiffany Petrossi, the owner of Rockin' Kidz Music, came to see what had become of her dream business.

“I’m a little shocked,” she said. “I don’t know how a car could have gotten through the pillar and bricks. It seemed like there must have been a lot of power there. It’s sad to see the rubble.”

Petrossi said she opened the store in 2011 and has hundreds of music students learning everything from piano to guitar.

“I have a small business. I have to move on. I thank God no one was in there,” she said.

Petrossi added that she isn't sure what's next, but despite the chaos the crash has brought to her business, she said she will continue to share her passion for music with children.

Petrossi had to inform all of her students about canceled classes. She hopes she can find another temporary location until the mess can be cleaned up.