15 hurt after rideshare driver slams into Virginia restaurant and sparks fire - CBS News

Aug 14, 2022

At least 15 people were injured, authorities said, after a vehicle crashed into an Irish pub in Arlington, Virginia, Friday evening, sparking a fire in the process. .

The Arlington Police Department reported Saturday that a rideshare driver, with a passenger in his car, went off the road and slammed into the restaurant at about 6:45 p.m.

The other six were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, and included the driver and passenger, police said. .

After Arlington County Fire Department crews extinguished the blaze, engineers determined that the building was "structurally sound, but could not be reoccupied," the fire department said

The cause of the crash remains under "active investigation" as "detectives continue to review evidence and speak with witnesses to determine the events that preceded the crash," police disclosed Saturday