News: Driver loses control, crashes into coffee shop in Palmetto Bay

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL – Emergency crews responded to the scene of a crash at a Miami-Dade County restaurant Monday afternoon.

WPLG reports the driver of a Mazda5 minivan lost control just before 3 p.m. and slammed into Walter’s Coffee Shop at 17009 S. Dixie Highway in the Palmetto Bay area.

The woman behind the wheel was not injured. Another woman who was in the shop at the time was taken to the hospital as a precaution.  No other injuries were reported.

The elderly driver told a WPLG reporter the incident, which happened just before the shop was about to close, was an accident. Crews managed to remove the vehicle from the building following the crash.

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