UPDATE, 1.53pm: A structural engineer is being called to inspect the building, which was empty at the time of the accident. The Fire Brigade is waiting for the NSW Ambulance Rescue truck to return with specialist equipment to stablise the building. Traffic is being diverted away from the scene.
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The driver reportedly inadvertently reversed out of the Shell station on the opposite side of the street, lost control, travelled across both lanes of Kinghorne Street, mounted the kerb and smashed into the building. Bystanders say it was miraculous no one was killed or seriously injured.
A car driven by an elderly woman has crashed through the wall of the Intensity Fitness gym on Kinghorne Street, Nowra.
The force of the impact threw her from the front seat of the vehicle into the back seat.
The driver has been taken to Shoalhaven Hospital with minor injuries.
The gym appears to have been extensively damaged.
Fire & Rescue NSW is on scene.