ORLANDO, Fla. — Four people are injured after a truck drove into a bar Sunday, the Orlando Police Department said.
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Investigators said officers were called to the Hideaway Bar near Ivanhoe Village shortly before 6 p.m.
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Four people were transported to the hospital by the Orlando Fire Department in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries, Orlando Police said.
Police said the driver remained at the scene.
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Hideaway Bar General Manager Tiffani Thomas said staff and people in the neighborhood are devastated by the crash. She said it sounded like gunshots.
“They thought somebody was shooting up the front of the building,” Thomas said. “My staff in the kitchen heard the noise, ducked and then saw the customers running out the back door.”
Jared Knebel said he was next to the driver in the bar and saw the person get pulled out of the car.
“I was just sitting next to this person for like two to three hours,” Knebel said. (I) did not see this coming.”
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OPD told Channel 9 that officers were conducting a DUI investigation but the charges are still pending.
This crash is still under investigation.
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