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Car slams into Pizza Hut in Harrison Township

Two women are out of the hospital after a car slammed into the Pizza Hut in Harrison Township on Monday night. 

One of those women, the driver of the car, told KDKA on Tuesday that she had a medical emergency ahead of the crash, which happened around 6:45 p.m. at the store on Freeport Road.

The restaurant suffered heavy damage on the side of the building as the front end of the car was sticking into the restaurant. 

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One person was taken to the hospital when a car slammed into the Pizza Hut in Harrison Township. Citizens Hose Fire/Rescue/EMS

Now, less than 24 hours later, Brandy Jones has a hole in her memory about a car crash.

"I still question it. I'm still confused about how we got there and what happened," Jones said on Tuesday. "I don't remember, like, trying to put the car in park, or anything like that."

Jones was going to the Pizza Hut with her friend, Honey Sabotka, and had just pulled into a parking spot in her Hyundai Elantra. The next thing she remembers is that they were inside the restaurant and Sabotka was yelling.  

"She was upset, and she kept trying to say, 'Are you OK? Are you OK?' And trying to comfort me," Jones said.

Mindy Neff and her sister-in-law, Paige, were having dinner with about 10 other members of their family when the crash happened. 

"We heard a crashing noise, and we thought that it was maybe pans or something from the kitchen at first," Neff said.

The force of the car smashed into chairs and tables, pushing Paige about a foot away.

"We're all just looking at each other like, what's just happened?" Paige said.

They are thankful they are OK, and so is another family, who the Neffs said got up from their table five minutes earlier.

"It was a close call in a lot of different ways," Mindy said.

Jones and Sabotka also walked away unharmed. First responders took them to the hospital, and they were released hours later. Jones learned she had a seizure, something she also experienced seven months ago.

"I haven't had them for a while, and now it seems like they're coming on more. They don't know why yet," Jones said.

She's now going to stay off the roads for some time, thankful, knowing things could have been much worse.

"Just grateful that I didn't hurt anybody, that's the main thing," Jones said.

The restaurant's dining room remains closed as of Tuesday evening. It's unclear when it could reopen. KDKA reached out to Pizza Hut for comment, but did not hear back on Tuesday.

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