Springfield, IL : Driver cited following crash into Logan Square restaurant on Saturday, 20th August, 2016

He driver who crashed a car into a Logan Square restaurant Saturday night, sending nine people to the hospital, has been cited for several traffic offenses, according Chicago police.

A 30-year-old man was driving an older model Honda Civic west in the 3400 block of West Fullerton Avenue around about 8:50 p.m. when he drove through a red light at Kimball Avenue, said Jose Estrada, a Chicago police spokesman. The Civic struck another vehicle before plowing into a Puerto Rican restaurant, Jibaritos y Mas, on the northwest corner of the intersection.

The driver of the Civic was cited for causing an accident, striking a fixed property, operating without a driver’s license, driving without insurance and failure to stop at a stoplight, Estrada said.

Officials say nine people were hospitalized after the car crash.

Two people were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious to critical condition, four were taken in fair to serious condition to Norwegian American Hospital and Lurie Children's Hospital, and three were taken in good to fair condition to Norwegian and Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.

The driver, Estrada said, was among those who suffered minor injuries, but it was unclear whether he was taken to the hospital.

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WDriver cited following crash into Logan Square restaurant