At least seven people – including two children – were injured on Friday morning in a two-vehicle accident that caused a car to topple over in an open-air restaurant in Manhattan, police said.
The chain reaction shock came shortly after 8:30 am, when a white van hit a black sedan, driving the car through the dining area at the intersection of East 50th Street and Second Avenue.
The van kept going, entering another structure, the police said.
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Videos on the Citizen app show the dramatic consequences – piles of debris scattered at the intersection outside a Starbucks, as well as a traffic light and street sign that have been cut.
Airbags inside the sedan, which had damage to the front, were deployed.
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A driver was taken into custody and may be under the influence, police said.
The FDNY said seven people – five adults and two children – were taken to hospitals in the region with non-fatal injuries.
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No one was in the open-air dining area at the time of the accident, police said.
This report originally appeared in the New York Post.