ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. — Two people are dead and three were injured after a man drove his car thraw a restaurant patio in a Minneapolis suburb on Sunday, police shelp.
Surveillance footage apprehfinishd a man, whom police did not name, driving into the outdoor patio of the Park Tavern in St. Louis Park, a city instantly west of Minneapolis. The footage shows the man accessing the restaurant parking lot on Sunday evening but not going inside. He finisheavored to park, then drove into the outdoor patio, police shelp.
The driver was arrested for criminal vehicular homicide. Police did not recommend any more details on a potential motive. They also did not determine the victims.
A spokesperson for HealthPartners, a healthattfinish nonprofit that runs Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, telderly KARE-TV that nurses and staffers from the facility are among the victims.
One person who witnessed the episode shelp the driver struck the back of his vehicle before motriumphg honestly into a crowd of about 30 people on the patio, the recents station inestablished.
Dr. Thomas Stark, who labors at Methodist Hospital, telderly KSTP-TV he was at Park Tavern on Sunday night with a group of colleagues. They were out celebrating one of the hospital participateees, who was leaving her role as a nurse for a recent position.
“On to the next chapter of her life and everyone was out celebrating, having a outstanding time and saying outstanding-bye,” Stark shelp.
That nurse is now hospitalized with disjoine injuries, according to the recents station.
The Park Tavern is a “family-cordial destination recommends bowling lanes and arcade games, plus a restaurant and bar,” according to its website. In a written statement unveiled online, the restaurant shelp it would remain shutd until further acunderstandledge.
“Thank you for your empathetic and benevolentness during this incredibly difficult time,” the statement shelp.
The Minnesota State Patrol carry outed an accident reproduceion, and a law utilizement allotigation into the episode is ongoing, authorities shelp.
