Car Crashes Into Suffolk Pizzeria; 3 People Hospitalized

WEST BABYLON, NY – Three people were taken to the hospital after a car crashed into a West Babylon pizzeria Sunday morning, Suffolk Police said.

According to police, a 66-year-old woman was driving a Mercury Grand Marquis eastbound on Herzel Boulevard when she stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal and her car struck another vehicle, driven by a male, at the intersection of Little East Neck Road at about 11:30 a.m.

The Marquis then crashed into Giovanni’s Pizza located at 1007 Little East Neck Road. Neither driver was injured. A female pizzeria employee was transported to a local hospital because the Marquis ran over her foot. Two occupants of the pizzeria were transported to a hospital for evaluation.”

The North Babylon Fire Department, under command of Chief John Caroleo, responded to the scene. The West Babylon Fire Department sent an ambulance to the scene.

Photos via Facebook/North Babylon Volunteer Fire Company