QUEENS VILLAGE (WABC) --
The cleanup is continuing Sunday at a Queens bar where a driver crashed through the front window.The driver and two passengers were taken to the hospital after the accident, as the out-of-control car shattered glass and scattered debris.
No one inside the bar was injured.
The driver of the car lost control just after 7 p.m. Saturday, and plowed into the 'Pour House' on 223-01 Hempstead Avenue in Queens Village.
It was a close call for a group of people enjoying drinks, when the wild crash took out the entire front window, narrowly missing several people sitting inside. With a drink in hand, and his eyes glued to the Mets game, Elliott Houston suddenly found himself in what felt like an action movie when out of nowhere the gray sedan came crashing through the front window of Pour House.
"Immediately when I walk out to see who is in the car - he's a friend of mine," said Houston.
Houston says he was surprised he knew the man behind the wheel - he claims he was clipped by another car just before he jumped the curb.
"What happened? He said 'I think I got clipped'," Houston adds.
Shaken and disoriented, authorities say the driver and two others inside were taken to North Shore Hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, the bar owner and several staff spent hours cleaning up shattered glass and debris, and boarding up the gaping hole.
While the damage left behind is devastating, they say they are grateful no one was badly hurt.
"Thank God it was not as crowded as it was last night and no one was seriously injured. That would be devastating," said one of the bar's staff.
Eyewitness News spoke with the owner of Pour House, who says they hope to reopen by Sunday night.