Woman tries to drive golf cart but ends up running over restaurant as customers get out of the way: video

A woman shocked diners at a Florida restaurant Saturday night when she drove through the dining area in a golf cart — crashing into tables and seriously injuring several people.

A surveillance camera at Tako Tiki in Jensen Beach recorded the jaw-dropping incident, which began when the woman accidentally piloted the cart down a narrow ramp leading to a covered outdoor dining room, according to ABC 25 in West Palm Beach.

The cart crushed a table where two women were sitting and then continued to crash into a group of other stunned restaurant patrons, according to a video released by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.

“It’s pretty dramatic,” said Capt. Ruben Romero of the office’s highway patrol. “You can see some people almost end up under the golf cart.”

Several people were injured, including a woman who fractured her pelvis. But none of the injuries were fatal, the captain added.

Surprisingly, authorities say alcohol was not involved in the crash, with Romero noting that the driver passed police sobriety tests, ABC said.

“She claimed she took a sip of an alcoholic beverage during dinner,” the captain said. “We did all the testing that we do with our traffic and our DUI units, and the results showed that she was not intoxicated at the time.”

An employee at a nearby resort drove the cart to the restaurant and at some point picked up the still-unidentified woman, police said.

Details of the incident remain unclear, but the woman ended up trying to drive the cart herself – although she clearly didn’t know how.

“She said she was trying to turn it on, didn’t know how to operate it, and ended up crashing into tables full of people dining,” Romero said.

The officers accused her of careless driving, causing injuries.