Photo Courtesy Winnfield Police Department

Police report that failed brakes were the likely cause of an accident on April 7 that sent a pickup truck through a plate glass storefront window of Nichols department store in Winnfield.  The incident occurred around 2:15 p.m.

Because this was a Sunday, Nichols was closed and even though both adjacent Family Dollar and Brookshire’s Grocery stores were open, no one was on the sidewalk in the accident area at the time.  No one was injured.

The driver left the scene before police arrived but a description of the truck and the license plate number led to the arrest of a suspect not long after, Winnfield City Police reported.

Arrested was Rita Wilson of Winnfield.  She was charged with hit & run, no insurance, no driver’s license and brake failure.  She has been released on bond.