The crash occurred about 5:30 p.m. Sunday inside Green Dragon Sushi Bar Asian Cuisine in Fair Lawn, Bergen County.
The 82-year-old driver, an Elmwood Park resident, told police her vehicle “took off on her,” according to Sgt. Brian Metzler, spokesman for the borough police department.“The woman informed officers that she was driving when her vehicle ‘took off on her,’ jumped the curb, struck two bollards, and crashed through the front windows of the occupied dining room,” Metzler said.
The crash occurred about 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the sushi restaurant on Fair Lawn Avenue in Fair Lawn, police said.A 41-year-old customer and a 35-year-old employee, both Fair Lawn residents, were struck by flying debris and received injuries that were not considered life-threatening, Metzler said. Members of the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Squad took both people to area hospitals, where they were treated and released. Metlzer said Tuesday the driver was not transported to a hospital.
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