A driver is being cited after a car smashed through the front of a smoke shop in Brockton, Massachusetts Sunday night.

The crash happened at the Go Smoke Shop on Belmont Street., where the shop is part of several businesses in a strip mall. Police said the 43-year-old female driver told them her brakes failed before her Subaru slammed into the smoke shop, smashing through displays and stopping just short of the back room.

Customer injured in crash

The smoke shop was open at the time. The shop owners said a customer had to be taken to the hospital with a leg injury that required more than 40 stitches. An employee inside was not hurt. 

Witnesses from other businesses rushed next door to find shattered glass, debris, and a stunned driver. 

"I felt very bad. It definitely seemed like it was an accident, it was not on purpose," said witness Chris Azor. "She was just very worried like don't call the police or anything, this was an accident."  

Police said the driver wasn't hurt but she will be cited for operating without a license.

The building has since been secured by firefighters and the car was towed away Sunday night.

"It was just crazy," Azor said. "I always see things like that, but I never think it's going to happen right in front of me." 

The owners of the store said they hope to reopen in a couple of weeks.  

The crash ended a busy Sunday in Brockton for first responders. Just after midnight Sunday, a 14-year-old boy was shot and wounded, also on Belmont Street. His condition is currently unknown.

Several hours later, at around 3:30 a.m., a 19-year-old man was shot in the chest at the MBTA Montello Station parking lot. Police said they had responded a "disturbance involving car meet-ups" and shortly after responding, the victim arrived at the hospital. Police said there's no indication the shootings are connected.

Brockton is a city in Plymouth County and is located about 25 miles south of Boston