WESTMINSTER – A car crashed into an eatery in the 9400 block of Edinger Avenue shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday injuring three people including the driver, county fire Capt. Larry Kurtz said.

The car smashed through a large glass window and made it about halfway into the building.

The driver of a dark Lexus LS 460, a man in his 60s, suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene by paramedics. Two people dining at Boulangerie Pierre & Patisserie had to be taken to area hospitals, Kurtz said.

A woman in her 40s, who was inside the building, sustained moderate, non-life-threatening injuries. A man who was sitting outside of the building was said to have suffered traumatic injuries and was transported in critical condition, police Commander Cameron Knauerhaze said

The cause of the crash was under investigation, Knauerhaze said. “Preliminarily, investigators suspect that this could have been a case of mistaking the gas pedal for the brake.”

The driver remained at the scene and was cooperating with investigators, Knauerhaze said. The building was yellow-tagged by a building inspector.

Neither drugs or alcohol appear to have been factors in this incident.

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