A traffic accident in Villsica Monday afternoon invloved three vehicles, a building and left one person with minor injuries.

Montgomery County Sheriff’s Officials report that the accident happened at about 3:37 Monday afternoon at the Villisca Foods Parking lot at Third Avenue and Sixth Street.

Deputies report that Elizabeth J. Goettsch backed out of her parking spot in the the grocery store lot and pulled forward striking a pickup driven by Steven Williams of rural Clarinda. Goettsch unintentionally hit the accelerator mistaking it for the brake and rammed into a parked Mitsubishi Lancer.  The force pushed the Lancer into the south wall of the Villisca Foods building.

Goettsch was taken to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. Williams was not hurt in the accident.

The 2001 Ford Taurus owned by Goettsch sustained estimated $4,500 damage. The 2009 F450 pickup owned by Mediacom and driven by Williams received $1,000 damage to the utility bed. The 2002 Mitsubishi owned by Stephanie L. Gray sustained $4,500 damage and is considered a total loss. The Villisca Foods Store damage was estimated at $1,500.