By Associated Press - Saturday, December 1, 2018

JENNINGS, Mo. (AP) - Police say two people, including a child, were injured and a driver arrested when a minivan crashed into a restaurant in the St. Louis suburb of Jennings.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the crash happened Friday afternoon, when the van plowed into Lisa’s Chop Suey.

Investigators say a 6-year-old girl and her grandfather were in the restaurant when the crash occurred and suffered injuries not believed to be life-threatening.



The driver - a woman described as being about 70 - was arrested at the scene on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.

Police say the restaurant suffered significant structural damage from the crash.

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Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, http://www.stltoday.com

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