Driver crashes into restaurant, injuring 23

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ROSENBERG, TEXAS (AP) – A driver plowed through a wall of a busy East Texas restaurant in the United States, injuring 23 people.

Police in the Houston suburb of Rosenberg, Texas said a man crashed his SUV into a Denny’s restaurant just off the highway late on Monday. The vehicle slammed into the restaurant’s south wall leaving patrons with injuries ranging from minor cuts to “severe injuries” that don’t appear to be life-threatening, police said in a statement. Victims ranged in age from 12 to 60 years old.

The driver of the SUV was not injured, police said. The cause of the crash was not immediately released.

Video of the aftermath shows a red vehicle fully inside the restaurant, with the wall and windows around it demolished.

Police tape in front of Denny’s restaurant after a vehicle crashed into it in Rosenberg, Texas. PHOTO: AP