A regular bowler scored an unexpected strike Wednesday night when he accidentally slammed his SUV into the concrete wall of a New Jersey bowling alley, but the driver and patrons were spared any injuries.

“He just gunned it right through the wall,” said Alex Protin, general manager of Lodi Lanes bowling alley on Terhune Avenue in Lodi.

Protin, who was tending bar when the crash occurred shortly after 8 p.m., said he looked up to see the driver immediately put the vehicle in reverse.

“As soon as he hit the wall – within 10 seconds – he was backing up into the parking lot,” Protin said.

A surveillance camera inside the alley captured the entire crash, Protin said, adding that police advised the owners not to release the video for insurance reasons.

No injuries were reported when a driver crashed through a cement wall Wednesday at Lodi Lanes on Terhune Avenue in Lodi. (Photo by Alex Potin)

No charges were filed and the name of the driver was not released.

But workers said the driver was a regular bowler.

“He left us with a big hole in our wall,” a worker named John said Thursday morning. “It’s already boarded up. They’ll get it fixed.”

Lt. Robert Salerno of the Lodi Police Department said the driver had been trying to pull his SUV close to the building when the crash occurred.

“He tried to move the car up a little bit and crashed through the cement wall,” Salerno said. “It was an accident, a simple crash. Nobody was hurt, no one was arrested and no summonses were issued.”

The damage to the building was extensive after an SUV crashed through a cement wall at Lodi Lanes in Bergen County. (Photo by Alex Potin)

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