23 people injured after driver crashes car into Denny’s restaurant in Texas
Nearly two dozen people were injured after a driver crashed their car into a Denny’s restaurant in Texas Monday, authorities said.
Around 11:20 a.m., police received calls about a crash at the restaurant in the Houston suburb of Rosenberg. The Rosenberg Police Department said said 23 people inside the building were injured.
All 23 people were taken to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries. The injuries ranged from “minor lacerations to severe,” police said.
Police said the driver was uninjured and they are investigating the cause of the crash.
The youngest victim was 12 years old and the oldest victims were in their to 70s, local station KHOU reported.
Roy Rodriguez, 79, and his wife Margaret, 77, were inside the restaurant when the driver crashed. Roy said they had just finished eating and were drinking their coffee when the car came through the building, he told the station.
“There was blood all over the place," Roy said.
Roy said he and his wife were taken to the hospital where he was released hours later after getting stitches. Margaret stayed at the hospital overnight after suffering a broken leg, the station reported.