Motorcyclist crashes into Pottery Barn

A motorcyclist took an unintended detour Thursday when he crashed through a store window in downtown Spokane.

The man, who has not been identified, was transported to a hospital with what witnesses described as non-life-threatening injuries after crashing into the Pottery Barn at 717 W. Main Ave. about 2:45 p.m.

Another motorcyclist, Scott Decarlo, was parked across the street and saw the accident. He said the man pulled out of a parking spot across the street and accelerated smoothly and slowly. But then, he said, it appeared the motorcycle’s throttle got stuck open, causing the man to lose control.

“That’s the way it sounded, that’s the way it looked,” he said. “The throttle was wide open. He couldn’t stop it.”

The motorcycle went up and over the curb, then hit a ledge below the window, tossing the man off the bike and into the store.

“He broke the window, not the bike,” Decarlo said.

The man, who was flung several feet into the store, had cuts on his face and a large gash on his knee, Decarlo said.