A WOMAN crashed into seven cars at a car park in Brentwood.

The elderly driver of a silver Ford Fiesta is thought to have hit the accelerator pedal rather than the brake before "pinballing" into eight other vehicle's parked in the covered car park at the Sainsbury's store in William Hunter Way.

She suffered minor injuries but no one else was hurt during the accident, which happened shortly before 1pm today.

A police spokesman said it appeared the car had hit seven vehicles in total.

PCSO Mat Grimwood, who attended the scene with other police officers, said: "The driver hit the accelerator, not the brake and pinballed off vehicles. [It's] amazing no one had serious injuries."