Kali9/Getty Images(ROSENBERG, Texas) Nearly two dozen people were injured after a vehicle crashed into a Denny s restaurant in Texas, police said.
The vehicle plowed through the building s wall late Monday morning, according to the Rosenberg Police Department. Police said they received multiple 911 calls about the incident at approximately 11:22 a.m.
A photo released by the police department showed the vehicle fully inside the restaurant surrounded by debris.
Twenty-three people inside the restaurant suffered injuries ranging from minor to serious, police said. All were transported to local hospitals with what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said.
The driver was not hurt, police said.
"The investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing at this time," the Rosenberg Police Department said in a statement.
The Denny s is located along a Southwest Freeway frontage road in Rosenberg, a city about 35 miles southwest of Houston.
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