Unbelievable moment supermarket manager is unscathed as shop collapses around him when car crashes into a wall

An IGA owner narrowly avoided being hit by an out-of-control car that smashed through a wall of his store.

Marc Schirripa was restocking shelves in Woodville IGA, north Adelaide, when the a Cupra station wagon reversed into grocer about 1.30pm on Sunday.

CCTV caught the moment the car smashed through the brick wall, knocking over a shelf opposite to Mr Schirripa.

The store owner was left confused and surrounded by dust and debris but, thankfully, uninjured.

Paramedics assessed him at the scene. 

'I heard a loud bang and a sort-of wave hit me from behind,' Mr Schirripa told Nine News.

His wife, Anna, immediately rushed over and was glad to see her husband was okay. 

'It felt like everything was in slow motion. I couldn't believe it happened,' Mrs Schirripa said.

 Marc Schirripa (above) narrowly avoided being hit by a car in north Adelaide on Sunday afternoon

The shelf behind Mr Schirripa (above) was knocked over but he wasn't injured

'It would have been a completely different situation if Marc was facing the opposite side of the wall.' 

The driver, a 31-year-old Woodville woman, and her passenger, a 29-year-old woman also from Woodville, were also uninjured in the crash.

The driver was fined for reversing too far.

Mr Schirripa told 7News he was 'lucky' to walk away unscathed.

'We've had our bad luck now, well our good luck's coming,' he said.

'A lot of people just come in and say, are you okay? How's everything going? So it's been really good locally.'

He'd bought the store just one month before the crash.

One witness, Douglas Schirripa, said CCTV footage of the incident had been widely spread through north Adelaide. 

Mr Schirripa (pictured with his wife, Anna) was restocking shelves when a car reversed through the wall of his IGA

Mr Schirripa bought the store just a month before the crash caused significant damage (above)

'One of my mates who I sent it to said it was AI-generated, I said no, no, no it's real,' he said. 

The Daily Mail has contacted SA Police for further comment.

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