ELLETTSVILLE, IN : Vehicle crashes into Ellettsville restaurant on April, Monday 3rd 2017

A Ford F-150 crashed into the east side of the Village Inn Restaurant around 2 p.m. Monday afternoon, which sent a handful of people to the hospital with what the restaurant’s owner said were minor injuries.

The Ellettsville Police Department could not be reached at press time to confirm injuries or other details of the incident.

The owner, Roger Green, said the crash occurred after an elderly man’s foot slipped off the brake and onto the gas while trying to park. The truck drove through several posts, a flower bed and into the building’s limestone wall, on the other side of which sat two booths full of people.

When the crash occurred, Green was working in the dining room and was turned away from the entryway where the truck hit.

“It sounded like a bomb went off,” Green said.

Green said no one was knocked from their seat but rather just jolted from the impact, which pushed the wall in 10 inches. The truck’s driver was not harmed, and did not need medical attention, Green said.

“If the wall had been glass, the truck would’ve come into the building,” Green said.

At 3 p.m., despite the crash, the restaurant was still open for business.

Nyssa Kruse


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Vehicle crashes into Ellettsville restaurant