WILD surveillance video captured the moment a speeding car crashed through the front window of a fast-food restaurant in Michigan on Saturday, sending panicked customers flying.
The frightening incident unfolded at Zorba’s Coney Island in Detroit’s Lasalle College Park neighborhood just before 1pm on New Year’s Day.
Remarkably, nobody was seriously hurt in the crash, a spokesperson for the Detroit Police Department said in a statement.
The cause of the crash remains unclear.
Police are investigating the incident as a hit-and-run after the driver of the SUV and a passenger fled the scene, Deputy Chief Rudy Harper said. No arrests have yet been made.
Surveillance footage captured outside of the restaurant shows a grey SUV turning into the parking lot.
Suddenly, the SUV accelerates, scrapping between two parked cars and crashing through the window of Zorba’s.
The driver of the truck eventually reverses. He then climbs out of the vehicle and begins walking away from the scene in the opposite direction.
Bystanders are seen confronting the driver as his female passenger climbs into the driver’s seat and starts back the SUV out further.
Meanwhile, the driver is seen pacing in front of the eatery, at one stage appearing to place his hands on his head in disbelief.
Footage captured inside of the restaurant at the moment of impact, which was first shared to Twitter by HuffPo’s Phil Lewis, shows stunned customers and workers clamoring to safety when the truck plows through the glass.
One man is thrown by the car from a booth into an order window but remarkably escapes serious harm and is able to stand up and run to safety.
At least three other customers appeared to be struck by the car and an ensuing pile of rubble.
Screams and cries from workers and customers a like can be heard ringing out as the car reverses out of the storefront.
One woman who was pinned between the car and the order window is seen banging on the glass for help.
In statement, Harper called the chain of events “disturbing” to WXYZ.
“The video is disturbing and troubling to say the least,” he said.
“The suspects clearly have no regard for human life and need to do the right thing and turn themselves in to authorities immediately.”
The Detroit Police Department has been contacted for further information.
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