A car accident occurred last night in Philadelphia when a SEPTA bus and DRPA vehicle collided and continued into a popular restaurant.

Philadelphia city officials reported that the accident occurred when the SEPTA bus traveling northbound on 16th Street was struck by a Delaware River Port Authority vehicle traveling westbound on Spruce.  The two vehicles crashed into Monk’s Cafe owned by Tom Peters after colliding.  Peters, who lives in one of the apartments above the restaurant, said he was awoken by the accident to see a cloud of smoke and the bus partially inside his restaurant.

All apartment residents were evacuated, but none were injured from the accident.  The bus driver and DRPA driver were taken to Jefferson Hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.

If you or someone you love has been injured in a car accident, contact the Harrisburg car accident lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 610-667-7511 to learn more about your rights.