A Washington Avenue bar will be closed Monday after a driver in a Mustang slammed into the business overnight.
Authorities say the woman was heading east on Washington Avenue and lost control, crashing into the side of Darkhorse Tavern.
Several people were inside the business at the time, including three to four people at a table right next to where she hit the building. No one was hurt.
Police said that an engineer will have to come out to inspect the bar since it has a large amount of structural damage.
A man who is also an Iraq war veteran pulled her out of the car after the crash. He first tried to break the glass. When that didn’t work, the manager grabbed a hammer to break her window, so she could be rescued.
The woman, who also slammed into a parking meter as she barreled toward the bar, was taken to the hospital, officials say.
She’s expected to be OK.
Police don’t know yet how fast she was driving. They will test her to see if she was drinking.
