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Elderly Woman Loses Control, Crashes Into Mama Maria's, Hits Parked Cars

An 82-year-old Hastings woman lost control of her car and crashed through the patio at Mama Maria's, and took out a tree and two parked cars at Central Bank in North Hudson on Friday afternoon.

Gary Lamers, owner of Mama Maria's Italian Restaurant in North Hudson was in cleanup mode Friday afternoon after a car crashed through his patio and destroyed part of a fence.

An 82-year-old Hastings woman lost control of her Ford Fusion while arriving at the restaurant for lunch just after noon on Friday, according to North Hudson Police Chief Mark Richert. The car took out the restaurant's fence, hit the northwest corner of the building, veered across the parking lot, jumped the curb, and struck a tree and two vehicles parked at Central Bank.

Despite damage to the vehicle, neither the driver nor her passenger were injured in the crash, according to Richert.

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