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Saturday, July 03, 2010

Details about restaurant crash

This Gwinnett Daily Post article gives more details about the car crash into the Hot N Cold Chinese Buffet restaurant in Snellville.
  • 9 people injured - 6 of the 9 were taken to hospital
  • injuries include broken bones, cuts, bruises
  • Vehicle crossed US78, went over median
  • Vehicle "went airborne" over island with shrubbery
  • 40 diners estimated to be in restaurant at the time
  • 1 man was pinned under a booth
  • car crashed through wall and a window
  • driver: Sharon Swofford of Loganville
  • driver's health may have played a role in accident
  • witnesses estimate speed in excess of 50 MPH
  • names of victims not released due to federal patient privacy laws

9 hurt after driver smashes into restaurant
Gwinnettdailypost.com
SNELLVILLE — Nine people were injured Friday when a driver lost control of her car, sped across US Highway 78 and through a shopping center parking lot, ...