DC restaurant crash: 2 dead, several injured after car plows into outdoor seating area
Victims were transported to the hospital
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police say at least two women and several people were injured after a vehicle crashed into the outdoor seating area of a Washington D.C. restaurant early Friday afternoon.
Police say at 10 people were injured after a vehicle slammed into the outdoor seating area of a Washington D.C. restaurant early Friday afternoon. The victims are all being transported a near-by hospital. (Timothy Shorrock)
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The victims were all transported to a nearby hospital. Authorities initially said 10 people were injured before confirming that two women had later died.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Metropolitan Police Department said a call came in just before 12:20 p.m. about a crash near a restaurant.
"All indications indicate that this was truly accidental," police Cmdr. Duncan Bedlion told reporters. "The driver of the vehicle that was involved was operated by a person that lost control."
Authorities there was damage done to the Parthenon restaurant and the adjoining Chevy Chase Lounge in the Chevy Chase neighborhood of the nation's capital.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The driver, only identified as an elderly man, was cooperating with investigators, Bedlion said. All the victims were adults, authorities said.
Police say at 10 people were injured after a vehicle slammed into the outdoor seating area of a Washington D.C. restaurant early Friday afternoon. The victims are all being transported a near-by hospital. (Fox 5 Washington D.C.)
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Last month a 75-year-old driver killed one man and injured eight others after crashing into a Miami Beach sidewalk cafe. The suspect is not likely to face criminal charges