2 people hurt after SUV crashes into Queens pizzeria

Also developing tonight, two people in the hospital after an SUV crashes into a pizzeria in Howard Beach. Fox News Antoine Lewis is live at the scene. Antoine, it looks like behind you the car has been removed. It has been removed, Natasha and Steve. We also have a few other updates to pass along to you since we last saw you all at four. Roy is going to give you a look right now. Contractors have boarded up the side of the building where that vehicle went in, and what caused the driver to go forward is still being investigated as to whether or not it was medically related or something with the vehicle itself. The pizzeria right now is closed and no one will be coming in for a while and here is the reason why. The Department of Buildings has placed a vacate order on New Park Pizza. The shop has been again closed for several hours since this all happened. The NYPD got a 911 call around 1 this afternoon. Reports that a car had driven inside the restaurant. First responders got on scene and found a white BMW in the dining area which was full of customers as it was during the lunch rush paramedics took two people to the hospital the driver of the SUV and a customer who was eating at the time the vehicle came crashing through we spoke with fire officials about the extent of the damage yeah it's a big hole and it's uh according to buildings there's a load-bearing wall but that's a the space where went in to the building was there was a window there so there's actually a support lintel right above the window that's still there so gave us i think gave us a fighting chance to get everybody out before anything happened and buildings on scene looks like they're securing the building now fortunately the two injured are not severely injured right so we're good thank god i'm not shocked today there's a lot of people that don't know how to drive out there it's gonna people get licenses and they don't it's so bad they don't even they go through red lights and everything nobody knows how to drive some information about the patients transported The driver, we understand, of the SUV is a 68-year-old female. The customer that was injured with lacerations to his knee, according to the NYPD, a 73-year-old male. No other injuries were reported. Natasha, this place is beloved, not only here in Howard Beach. It is also one of the most popular pizzerias in New York City. The line of people coming up, finding out, extending, just trying to see if they could get a slice, having to be turned away because of what took place earlier this afternoon. We'll send it back inside to you, ma'am.