A car plowed into a Starbucks coffee shop in Valley Glen on Thursday afternoon, leaving three people hospitalized with nonlife-threatening injuries while five others were evaluated at the scene for minor injuries, authorities said. All of the injured appeared to be customers.

Among them was a woman in her 80s, who was taken to the hospital as a precaution, said Capt. Andrew Neiman of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Valley Traffic Division.

The crash, said the owner of a nearby business, was at least the seventh time in the past six months that a car has ended up near a structure at the busy Coldwater Canyon Avenue and Victory Boulevard intersection.

“The real problem is speeding and distraction driving,” said Jaime Castellanos, 53, owner of the Conroy’s flower across from the Starbucks.

“We need barriers on all four corners (of the intersection) so we can feel safe.”

Thursday’s two-vehicle crash occurred about 1 p.m. at the Starbucks in the 12900 block of Victory Boulevard, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported.

Authorities said a blue Subaru was turning left from Victory Boulevard onto southbound Coldwater Canyon, when it collided with a red Chevrolet Cruze, going east on Victory. The Chevrolet driver lost control and careened onto the sidewalk, slamming into the coffee shop.

The Chevy came to rest inside the coffeehouse of the northwest corner on Victory. Neither driver was injured, Neiman said.

The cause of the collision was under investigation, Neiman said.

Castellanos of Conroy’s said he arrived at work after the crash occurred and let some of his employees leave early because they “were literally shaking … they were that scared.”

Beth Thompson, 52, of North Hollywood said she usually sits inside the Starbucks at the time the crash occurred, but on Thursday, she switched up her routine and went home.

“Something told me to take a shower,” Thompson said.

When she went there afterward, she saw ambulances and the vehicles involved in the collision.

“Reckless driving and speeding … it happens all the time,” she said, with a sigh. “They don’t care. They just want to go. No patience, no nothing.”

Staff Writer Brenda Gazzar contributed to this report.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated from an earlier version to clarify the neighborhood where the crash happened in is considered Valley Glen.