5 suffer minor injuries after car crashes into Uncle Harry's in northeast Fresno
It was a close call at a northeast Fresno bagel shop after a driver slams through the busy store on Friday.
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Five people have suffered minor injuries after a car crashed into the Uncle Harry's Bagels near Fresno State.
The crash happened just after 11 am Friday on Shaw and Cedar avenues.
"It went all the way to the back counter. It just so happened that the employees were 10 feet apart just enough for the car to go between them," said Wayne Rutledge, owner of Uncle Harry's.
Josh Sellers with the Fresno Fire Department says the shop was busy with about 25 people inside.
Five people suffered minor injuries, and two were taken to the hospital.
It was a scary situation that Sellers says could have been a lot worse.
"It's just one of those amazing, the luck of the draw that no one was trapped under the vehicle or inside, nothing collapsed on them," explained Sellers.
Fresno Police Sgt. Todd Turney says the sandal of the elderly woman behind the wheel got stuck on the brake pedal as she pulled into the shop's handicap parking space.
He says the crash is being investigated as an accident.
"There is no sign of impairment that we can see. No signs of driver disabilities," said Turney.
The owner of Uncle Harry's says his staff was shaken up, but he is staying positive and thankful there were no tragedies.
"Worst case would have been someone is hurt badly. This is just stuff, we can get it fixed. And we will get it back up as soon as we can and our employees, we want to take care of them," said Rutledge.
Neighboring businesses were impacted temporarily since power and gas were shut off.
The health department was at the scene and says the business will have to dispose of all food products in the vicinity of the damage.
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