Car crashes through restaurant and pins pizza driver against wall, Utah officials say

A pizza delivery driver might need surgery after he was injured by a car that crashed through the front of the Utah restaurant where he works, local media outlets reported.

Surveillance video of the crash shows the car colliding with the front of Big Daddy’s Pizza in Sandy after 8 p.m. on July 22, KSL reported. The car slammed into the worker and pinned him against a wall, according to the outlet.

Fire crews found that a customer accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of the brakes, launching the car into the restaurant, Fox 13 reported. The delivery driver had just entered the building and suffered injuries to his legs, Matt Stuebner, battalion chief of the Sandy Fire Department, told the outlet.

“Now, he has a broken leg,” Biplove Timilsina, owner of the restaurant, told KSL. “They don’t know if they have to do a surgery. We’ll find out next week. It’s going to be very hard on him.”

The worker’s injuries were not life-threatening, KUTV reported. The restaurant will be boarded up until officials can evaluate the extent of the damage.

Surrounding businesses were not impacted, Fox 13 reported.

This story was originally published July 25, 2022 at 4:35 PM with the headline "Car crashes through restaurant and pins pizza driver against wall, Utah officials say."