PHOTOS: Car Crashes Through Cluck-U Chicken in Red Bank

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RED BANK – A 71-year-old Holmdel woman drove her car through the window of Cluck-U eatery earlier on Tuesday, causing extensive damage to the location and minor injuries to some in her path.
Police Chief Darren McConnell said Liv Wilson, 71, drove her car into the Water Street spot at approximately 11:58 a.m. Michael Mikucki, West Babylon, New York, a 37-year-old patron at Cluck-U suffered what police described as a “minor leg injury” and declined medical treatment at the scene.
Andrew Ilvento, Cluck U’s owner, who was not at the scene at the time of the crash, said Mikucki was pinned to the counter by Wilson’s car. Wilson was not injured, McConnell said..
Employee George Anderson, 31, of Middletown reported an injury to his hand but he too declined treatment at the scene. Anderson said he went to Riverview Medical Center and was treated for a fracture, which he said is expected to take six to eight weeks to heal.
“I was waiting on a customer and all of a sudden this car came crashing through the window,” Anderson recalled. He ran toward the rear of the shop and “in all the commotion I heard the screaming,‘my leg, my leg!’ ” coming from the Mikucki,” he said. Anderson said he help move the broken counter to free up the  customer.
The borough construction official determined the building is structurally sound but the damage to the site’s façade and interior were what McConnell called “extensive.”
Along with police, the borough fire department, building department, MONOC emergency medical services responded to the incident.
No summons had been issued at this time but the incident remains under investigation, McConnell said.
Owner Ilvento noted this is the third time his business has been struck by a vehicle. “But this is the worst,” he acknowledged.
The counter, made of 1 1/2 inch granite, “was split in half,” by the vehicle, which “took out the entire operating system,” Ilvento said.
Cluck U has been operating at the Water Street shopping center for 16 years. Ilvento said he wasn’t sure how long he would remain closed.