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Pre-crazed Granny Takes Out A Chicago Sprint Store

TechCrunch  Jun 06 09

Judging from the reaction on the web, people aren't having too hard of a time getting the new Palm Pre at Sprint stores across the country. But last night, one woman was apparently so concerned that she wouldn't be able to get one that she sped her car to a Sprint store — wait, let me rephrase that — she sped her car into a Sprint store. Check out the video embedded below from NBC Chicago. It's pretty incredible. Joking aside, I highly doubt the elderly woman behind the wheel actually wanted a Pre and more importantly, she was fine aside from a few bruises. But as you can see, the store didn't fare so well. Full story...

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