One killed when SUV hits patrons at North Carolina restaurant

SILER CITY, N.C. — One person was killed and three others were injured when an SUV crashed into a North Carolina restaurant, police said.

Siler City police said the SUV veered into oncoming traffic on U.S. Highway 64 on Friday afternoon before hitting the front of Johnson’s Drive-In, news outlets reported. According to police, the SUV hit four people who were in the parking lot waiting for food, police said.

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According to police, one of the three people injured was airlifted to a hospital in Chapel Hill while the other two were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the car was not injured and was said to be cooperating with police.

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