Video shows SUV slam into West Town bar, narrowly missing pedestrian

Wednesday, May 5, 2021
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Surveillance video shows an SUV crashing through the front of a West Town restaurant and bar Monday.

Police said a 77-year-old driver was attempting to parallel park when he hit the gas instead of the brakes, reversing through the front windows of Cleos Bar and Grill in the 1900-block of W. Chicago Avenue.
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The video shows someone walking in front of the bar just moments before the crash.

No one was injured and the driver was not cited, police said.
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