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An empty bus crashed into a well-known Italian restaurant in Oswego during Wednesday's snowstorm. (Provided pic)

Oswego, N.Y. -- Nick Canale had the Bowdoin College men's hockey team in his well-known Italian restaurant for lunch during Wednesday's snowstorm when he noticed the team's bus begin to lurch forward.

"The bus driver was inside having lunch," Canale said, mystified. "We saw the bus sliding across the street ... and then, bang!"

The driverless bus collided with the restaurant, Canale's, which is on Utica Street in the city of Oswego. On its Twitter page, Bowdoin College said that the accident was caused because the bus slid downhill in a parking lot.

Canale said he thought the wind and the slickness beneath the bus tires were what somehow propelled the charter bus forward.

"I've never seen anything that big move that fast," Canale said.

No injuries have been reported. The building's awning, rails and steps were all damaged, Canale said.

Bowdoin College, which is in Maine, also said on its Twitter page that the team's game with Oswego State was rescheduled because of weather.