A driver has escaped serious injury after his car crashed into an empty Rotorua storefront on Tuesday afternoon.
Hato Hone St John said the crash on Pukuatua St was reported about 3.20pm and one person was assessed at the scene but not taken to hospital.
Police said it was reported at 3.30pm and one person had minor injuries. No one had been arrested and it was not a ram raid.
At the scene, glass at the front of the building was smashed and a small blue car was inside the empty store.
A family friend of the driver who was at the scene told the Rotorua Daily Post the elderly driver was happy no one had been harmed but was concerned about the damage to the building and his car.