SUV crashes into Lebanon Starbucks, injuring person in coffee shop

LEBANON, Ind. (WISH) — An SUV on Monday afternoon crashed into a coffee shop in Lebanon, police said in a news release.

One person inside the coffee shopreceived injuries not believed to be life-threatening, but was taken to a hospital.

Medics and the city’s police and fire departments were called just after 2:10 p.m. Monday to Starbucks, 1377 S. Lebanon St., which is also State Road 39. That’s in an area with businesses just north of the I-65 interchange for the highway.

Sgt. Tre Comage, public information officer for the Lebanon Police Department, said in the release that the driver of the vehicle was not injured and showed no signs of impairment.

The driver reported a mechanical issue with the SUV, which caused it to accelerate unintentionally into the store. Comage said the shop received no major structural damage aside from broken windows.

The incident remained under investigation.

The release did not provide the identities, ages or genders of the person hurt or the driver.

It was not immediately known if the store had reopened after the crash.

The Starbucks is the same one that a tornado damaged in November 2013.

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