TULSA, Okla. — Two business owners are picking up the pieces after a car crashed into a nail salon and a hair studio near 103rd and Memorial Tuesday morning.
Bixby police say an elderly woman had a medical episode and accidentally pushed the gas instead of the brake and crashed into a nail salon and Mather Hair Design.
Owner Todd Mather told 2 News he can still hear the sound of the crash.
"I was standing right here cutting hair and I heard the loudest bang. I thought it was lightning, but I look out and it's blue skies. Then, a second after that, this entire wall started coming towards me and 100 thoughts went through my mind. Earthquake, a natural disaster, a bomb,” said Mather.
He said the impact of the crash caused his workstation to fall, and that’s when he and his client jumped up and ran outside.
"It was a little old lady, a sweet lady, but her foot went on the gas instead of the break, and it just shot through and smashed, and it was the scariest moment of my life,” said Mather.
He said it's a miracle everyone was OK and no one was injured because his family has already been through one traumatic event this year.
"Back in March, on March 9, my daughter was in a burn accident. She was at home and had her hands in acetone doing her nails, and she had a little votive candle on the side, and the fumes built up, and it created a bomb and blew up, and fire covered her body,” said Mather.
His daughter Piper spent months at a hospital in Texas, but is doing much better.
Although it’s been a crazy year, Mather said his faith in God continues to pull his family through hardship, and like his daughter’s accident, he knows this, too, shall pass.
"It's a wonderful community here in Tulsa, everyone is reaching out. I mean you guys called me, I mean, everyone has reached out to hear the story and to help. Someone sent us $500 yesterday just to help,” said Mather.
2 News Oklahoma reached out to the Bixby Police Department, who took the accident report, and because the driver of the car experienced a medical episode, officers say she won’t face any charges.
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