Car crashes into Kakanui cafe

The Coast Cafe on Beach Rd on Saturday after the Friday night crash. Photo Richard Savage
The Coast Cafe on Beach Rd on Saturday after the Friday night crash. Photo Richard Savage
Damage inside the cafe. Photo Richard Savage
Damage inside the cafe. Photo Richard Savage
The crash occurred on Friday night. Photo Nate Orrus
The crash occurred on Friday night. Photo Nate Orrus

A car crashed into a Kakanui cafe on Friday night about 10.45pm causing considerable damage to the building and sending three people to the hospital.

Half of the vehicle was inside The Coast Cafe on Beach Rd when police arrived at the scene, a police spokeswoman said.

St John South Island spokesman Gerard Campbell said three patients with moderate injuries were transported by ambulance to Oamaru Hospital.

No age or gender details were available.

Police could not immediately confirm whether the driver of the car was spoken to at the scene. 

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