FREMONT — An employee of a Denny’s in Fremont was taken to the hospital with cuts after a couple in a large pickup truck accidentally crashed into the Mowry Avenue restaurant Friday morning, authorities said.

Police said the driver was trying to leaving the parking lot when he backed up into the front waiting area of the restaurant just before 9:45 a.m. Friday.

A female employee was hurt by broken glass. Her injuries were not minor, but “she’s going to be fine,” a co-worker said. The truck occupants were not injured, according to their daughter-in-law, who did not want to give her name.

The restaurant is expected to remain closed for a week and a half for repairs, an employee said.

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