HALFMOON — A Valvoline employee was seriously injured and the business was forced to close for repairs Saturday after a 63-year-old Schagticoke man “accelerated rapidly” while waiting in line for service, pinning the employee between two cars and causing extensive damage to the Halfmoon auto shop, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff’s deputies arrived at the Valvoline at 1682 Route 9 at 11:52 a.m. Saturday. Their investigation found that a car driven by the Schagticoke man, which was second in line for service at the shop, “accelerated rapidly” and pinned the 50-year-old employee between its front end and the car ahead of it, according to a news release from the department.
The first vehicle in line was pushed forward by the crash and smashed through a glass garage door at the rear of the shop, hitting a third vehicle that was being serviced inside, the sheriff’s office said. That third vehicle was then forced forward and crashed through a glass garage door at the front of the shop, according to the department…