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Bayan Peikari, 13, was on a routine shopping trip to check out Halloween decorations at Abbey’s Hallmark in Oakton Shopping Center on Monday, Oct. 29., when an elderly motorist accidentally hit the accelerator of his Cadillac SUV and crashed through the gift shop.

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Surviving a Real-Life Disaster Film

Vienna mom and her son shopping at Oakton gift store when 87-year-old motorist plows SUV through the store.

What started out as a routine after school trip to the Oakton Library last week turned into a real-life disaster film for one Vienna mom and her son. Monday, Oct. 29, was pleasant fall afternoon, so Shadi Peikari and her son, Bayan, 13, made a last-minute decision to walk to Abbey’s Hallmark store in the Oakton Shopping Center.

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