KIRKLAND, Wash — A beloved community figure is being remembered after a car crashed into a Kirkland Grocery Outlet on Sunday, killing her and injury three others.

Kirkland police say the driver, a 74-year-old woman, smashed through the store’s front entrance at the Bridle Trails Shopping center before 2 p.m. Investigators are still working to determine the cause.

The driver, who was among the injured, is not being detained at this time. Police are reviewing surveillance footage and awaiting the results of her blood tests.

Two other people – a mother and her child – were also hurt. All three injured individuals, including the driver, are expected to recover from non-life-threatening injuries.

The woman killed in the crash has been identified as Sheila Stanton, a fixture in Kirkland’s vo

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