Vehicle Crashes Into Madame ZuZu’s Emporium In Downtown Highland Park, Officials Say

HIGHLAND PARK, IL — A motorist crashed a car into a building in downtown Highland Park on Wednesday, officials said.

Shortly before 11:45 a.m., the driver of a red Mini Cooper plowed into Madame Zuzu’s Emporium, the tea shop and performance venue owned by Billy Corgan and Chloe Mendel Corgan, at 1876 First St.

Two ambulances were called to the scene, and both the driver and a person in the restaurant were taken to local hospitals.

“The preliminary investigation indicates that the incident was accidental,” city staff said in a statement.

In a statement on the business’ social media account, Mendel Corgan said her son narrowly avoided injury in the crash.

“This afternoon at Madame Zuzu’s, a car (in circumstances which remain under investigation) drove over the curb and into Madame Zuzu’s, crashing through the window and sadly injuring one person — my mother, Jenny; who was spending the day and lunching with my son Augustus,” Mendel Corgan said.

First Street was open to traffic between Central Avenue and Elm Street by 3 p.m.

Madame Zuzu's reopened to the public on Thursday.