Car Crashes Through Ruth Chris Steakhouse In Parsippany: PD

PARSIPPANY, NJ — An elderly driver crashed into the Ruth Chris steakhouse in Parsippany when her gas pedal became stuck, Parsippany police said.

Ruth Levin, 87, from Livingston was trying to back out of a parking spot in the Hilton Hotel around 7:15 p.m. on Sunday when the crash happened, police said. Levin's gas pedal became stuck under her floor mat, causing her to lose control of the car police said.

Once the pedal was stuck, Levin reversed backwards quickly, hitting a parked car, before traveling forward, hitting a concrete curb, driving through the landscaping, and hitting the steakhouse in the hotel.

Both the steakhouse and the hotel sustained some damage, police said.

Levin was ticketed for careless driving, a police report showed. She sustained some bruising in the ordeal, but there were no other injuries.