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Woman, child taken to hospital after driver struck stand at Fairfax Farmers’ Market

A woman and a child were taken to the hospital Saturday morning after an older woman drove into them at a Fairfax Farmers’ market in Virginia.

Fairfax County police say it happened around 11 a.m. in a parking lot near the Main Street Center.

The driver is said to have confused the gas pedal with the brakes and crashed into a stand at the market, according to police.

The woman and child involved have non-life-threatening injuries. The driver was uninjured, police said.

The market remains open while police continue to investigate the crash.

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