Elderly driver slams into Morton Grove Culver’s restaurant; 4 customers hurt, police say

MORTON GROVE, Ill. (WLS) — Four customers were hurt when an elderly driver accidentally slammed into a Culver’s restaurant in the northern suburbs Monday, police said.

Chopper7 was over the Morton Grove restaurant, located in the 7300-block of Dempster Street, just after 4 p.m.

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The car remained wedged inside the restaurant. Morton Grove police said four customers were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

“There was a family sitting inside the restaurant at the time the car came through,” Morton Grove Fire Chief Ralph Ensign said.

The driver was not injured but was ticketed for improper lane usage, police said.