"I heard, like, an airplane went on top of the roof," said the owner of DiMassi's Mediterranean Buffet
HOUSTON – Ten people were injured after an SUV crashed into a restaurant near NRG Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.
Survelliance video shows a driver crashing into DiMassi's Mediterranean Buffet on the 8200 block of Kirby Drive near La Concha just before 2 p.m.
Investigators say four people were rushed to a nearby hospital.
"I heard, like, an airplane went on top of the roof," said Eihab Aldaqamoni, DiMassi's Owner.
The roar was so loud it sent customers inside into a panic.
"Can you imagine how scary it was, all those people eating, enjoying themselves," said customer Sally Bejarano.
"I would never imagine something like that happen," said Aldaqamoni.
Asif Malik owns a business a few doors down and showed us in the surveillance video where one of his bankers was sitting. Malik says he is one of the men hit by the SUV as it plowed through the glass.
"When I was going over there, they were waving at me to come inside," said Malik.
He says the crash knocked his banker all the way to the buffet. Then, just as he pulled himself out of the wreckage, the video shows the driver coming forward again.
"As you see in the video, she came in and started going faster, so she said she hit the gas instead of the break," said Aldaqamoni.
The SUV driver walked away without any injuries.
"All my customers, I said, 'Thank you for the support, thank you for your business. We will be back in business in two days,'" said Aldaqamoni.
Police spoke with the woman driving the SUV, but declined to release any details or if any charges will be filed.
The driver of the SUV also declined to comment.
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