{"id":190538,"date":"2025-09-01T02:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T02:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/190538\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T02:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T02:13:09","slug":"couple-recalls-terrifying-moment-suv-smashed-into-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/190538\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple recalls terrifying moment SUV smashed into restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

IRVING, Texas<\/strong> – A Maryland couple on a recent visit to North Texas got the shock of their lives last Tuesday while enjoying a meal at a restaurant in Irving. When, out of nowhere, an SUV came careening through the front glass, striking them before coming to a stop.<\/p>\n

The couple was still traumatized as FOX 4\u2019s Steven Dial spoke with them and their son, who was on the phone with them at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n

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What we know:<\/p>\n

Dramatic video shows a couple seated in an Irving restaurant on Tuesday night, when, seconds later a Ford Bronco comes crashing in.<\/p>\n

Irving police told FOX 4 that the driver thought they put the car in reverse.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The couple had cuts and bruises from the crash, but were not seriously injured.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What they’re saying:<\/p>\n

\u00a0The husband, Raj Arivalahan, traveled for work and was in town with his wife.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“That time, the car came in, I fell down, she was pushed out the other side, and I was sliding on the floor towards the end,” said the husband, Raj Arivalahan.<\/p>\n

\u00a0“I immediately knew I was OK, and I was looking for him. I couldn’t find him for a minute. I thought I lost him,” said the wife, Kala Arrivalahan.<\/p>\n

“So, we were just catching up, and they were eating at this restaurant. And then at about the one-minute mark, I just hear a lot of commotion happening,” said their son, Dr. Thivijan Arivalahan.<\/p>\n

Raj tells FOX 4 that he and his wife were very fortunate.<\/p>\n

“Fortunately, the car stopped. So I was inside the cage. It’s a kind of cage. The cage protected me, except all this pain and things, all the windows shattering. All I had was small, small cuts all over my body,” said Raj.<\/p>\n

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The family does want businesses to learn from this incident, as a similar incident also occurred in Houston this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They want businesses to have barriers in parking lots.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I think they should do something. It should not happen to anybody in the future. That is what I am trying to promote. You know, they need to do something, even polls or something like that,” said Raj.<\/p>\n

What’s next:<\/p>\n

The couple told me the business was helpful to them in the immediate aftermath of the crash.<\/p>\n

So far, the driver has not been charged.<\/p>\n

The Source:<\/b> Information in this article was provided from an interview conducted by FOX 4’s Steven Dial.<\/p>\n

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