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A driver lost control of her vehicle in the parking lot and crashed into the outdoor dining area at Stone Fire Grill on Cinema Drive in Valencia Wednesday afternoon.

The crash occurred at about 3:30 p.m., according to a Stone Fire Grill employee who did not wish to disclose his name.

Deputies from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 126 responded to the scene.

“(The car) crashed into the patio but fortunately didn’t go into the restaurant,” the restaurant employee said. No one was dining on the patio at the time, he said.

There were two people in the car, but no injuries, he said.

“They come into the restaurant often, about once a week,” he said.

“The driver is a 67-year-old woman who was parking her car and hit the gas instead of the brake,” said Lt. Leo Bauer of the SCV Sheriff’s Station.

“Our traffic investigator said she did not appear to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs,” Bauer said. “It was just an accidental action by the lady.”

Photos: Ryan Gilley/Two8Nine Media

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265 Comments

  1. I never knew stone fire had a drive thru….must have forgotten the bread sticks

  2. AJ Yarbrough says:

    Henry David Sandra Ibrahim Eric Ibrahim

  3. Good thing it was too cold for people to be outside?

  4. Marco Bedolla Larriva lol

  5. Sarah DiGiacomo yikes! But I still miss it?

  6. Shannon Lee says:

    Lol Tiffany Lee guess we won’t be eating outside ?

  7. Vanessa Michelle Cruz z

  8. George Baida says:

    Marie Baida Micha M Baida Elia Baida

  9. Kristi Ashley-Bouchard

  10. Omg I just left the parking lot when this happened ?

  11. Jonathan Michael Vincent

  12. Stupid ass people fly threw this road all the time ?

    • Joel Benjamin says:

      If you had read the complete short story, you would’ve seen that this was an accidental mix up of the gas pedal and brake pedal and not some stupid ass person flying down Cinema Drive.

      • travis levy says:

        Joel, Oh trust me we read the whole article. Accident or not its still a dumbass thing to do as well as unsafe and I’m sure she was in a rush just like everyone else around here.

  13. Patti Sippey says:

    Barbara Hatch Bunda, Michelle Litt

  14. That’s why we try to not sit by a window, darned old people have a habit of stepping on the gas instead of brakes! Lol,no, not us!

  15. We were just there on Monday! Pearl McCarter

  16. I didn’t even know we had stone fire in SCV

  17. Matt Kolacinski Mandy Zastera Kolacinski

  18. I have thought of that when you sitting outside and someone pulls in to park right in front of you!

  19. Suzie Acosta says:

    I totally read the headline as someone intentionally did this since it says “attempted drive through”

  20. Rocky Coennen Juli Weger Coennen

  21. Mary Miller says:

    Bummer, but let’s just be honest- stone fire needs a drive through window.

  22. Yeah was just there ….sad

  23. What are the maintenance team going to do if the car crashed into the outdoor dining area at Stonefire Grill? ? ? ?

  24. Desirre Hernandez Rivas Adri

  25. Wow I was thinking of going today .

  26. Alejandra Rivera Serrano

  27. Googs Torres says:

    Someone couldnt wait to eat stone fire..??

  28. Jen Pfau says:

    Ashley Smith Brittany Andreini Katie Torres Bonilla Lauren Garza

  29. Becky Flores says:

    Stephanie Hovsepian ?

  30. Marabini Garcia Joy GarciaAlfarero Marites Estacio

  31. Marci Schenk says:

    Omg Kris Maxham McCafferty look at this

  32. Mariza Scoglio Napoli

  33. Debby Meyer says:

    Ronald Meyer. “Reverse” or “drive”. Its so confusing!?

  34. Thank goodness no one was hurt!

  35. Kat Fo says:

    Nathalie Rousset Marg ?

  36. Dennis Talle says:

    Good thing it was not a bigger Cadillac Escalade, or it could of been a lot worse.

  37. Eric Lindley it’s a good thing your birthday wasn’t today! This is where I got your carrot cake from ?

  38. Lori Fortune says:

    Glad no one was hurt

  39. San San says:

    Ramon Valerie Contreras what the fruit we were just there today!!!!!

  40. Denise Logian Cruikshank

  41. Holly Rogers says:

    Diana Adamson Stenroos glad this wasn’t Saturday

  42. Karina Cordero glad that was Last nights dinner

  43. Alyssa Valenzuela says:

    Was upstairs working when it happened.. Thought it was an earthquake before I realized the shaking was localized towards the outside of the building. Went onto the balcony to look down and see a whole lot of shattered glass and a car under where I was standing..

  44. Taylor JohnsonTori Dean Johnson

  45. Gabriela Murillo (Gabby)

  46. Art Fonseca says:

    Make sure to take away her SUV and drivers’ license while the city hands her the bill for Stone Fire Grill repairs!

    • travis levy says:

      I like where your heads at . It seems no one is held accountable in this town unless they had booze or drugs in their system. I mean the least they could do is make her take a behind the wheel to see if she is what the state would call a valid driver. But no we just sweep up the glass and carry on like nothing happened.

      • Rob says:

        You guys are acting like 67 is so old. The official age of retirement is 70! She will be held accountable. She will have to pay for damages and her insurance will likely go up. Accidents happen and there was nothing stated that she was being negligent. If this was a one time thing give the lady a break, she is probably embarrassed enough as it is..

  47. Jordan Eagle says:

    Molly JoAnn Doug Logan Lexy Dillon

  48. Cole Beach Fred Beach Barbara Beach

  49. Jean Scearce says:

    Laura Oswald Dangelo ?

  50. Anais Femat says:

    Irene Salgado Melisa Recinos

  51. Teddy Ayres Stephanie Rodriguez Erin Acton?

  52. Cathy Patricio Suen I’d like to say that this is why your dinner was late!!! ?

  53. Lindsey Elizabeth Gockel

  54. I still never understood hod how people mistake the gas and the break pedals .

  55. Shara Craig says:

    Oh my gosh!!! I love that place! I sure hope ot all gets fixed soon

  56. Lisa Gervasi McGeorge ?

  57. Wtf Charlotte A Bell good choice on changing your bday dinner..

  58. Stephanie Sewell….. dang it! I missed the excitement!

  59. Great writing ???
    He said…
    He said….
    He said…..

  60. Katie Rivas says:

    The Woody Show you guys were just talking about this place lol

  61. John Gilbert says:

    Attempted when she lost control…. “C-“

  62. Karina Sanchez Gonzalez

  63. Ah hmmmmmm hope ur not talking about us there now SoCal Angelino

  64. Lorena Alvarez Valencia mira ?

  65. Alexa Michele. Sara Smith. Katie Newman. Al Stendel

  66. Wow glad it was not summer time right through the sitting area. Oh boy.

  67. travis Levy says:

    Looks like someone needs to hang it up and stay off the road. Just some shattered glass this time but maybe next time its a person.

  68. Roger says:

    Friendly tip:
    Rarely a need to jam on the brake pedal when parking.
    A light touch is fine.
    That way, if you accidentally hit the gas instead, you won’t go flying over curbs and into buildings.

  69. Ailu Amarillo Hassoun so this is what we saw!

  70. Maria De Lourdes Romero

  71. Brianna Lynn Fontenette uhhh weren’t you there yesterday

  72. Pam Norman says:

    Wow. Just 5 days earlier and we were sitting right there

  73. Jell Vee says:

    CarolAnn Casebolt Carrie Padden Nicole Lopez

  74. Richard says:

    The stupidity on here with these comments is unbelievable. Stupid people continuing to populate the earth with more stupid people through birth. They should make a movie about it…wait they already did. It’s hard being smart in a world full of dumbasses stuck in social media their whole life’s.

  75. Cindy Meyer says:

    So glad no body was hurt or killed.

  76. Casey Warloe Beckie Warloe ?

  77. Danette Batenhorst Bethany Bryski !!!

  78. Ally Lobo says:

    Lauryn Dell Partington Sasha Moore Crystal Feeley

  79. It’s just an excuse to get out of paying any money. Hope no one got hurt

  80. Laura Starks Napoli wow!

  81. Kristy Brockway Oksas

  82. Jamie Bloom says:

    Robyn Gershon Bloom

  83. Keli Sanderson ??‍♀️

  84. Another one? Just 2 years ago some old lady went thru that same restaurant? Eat at your own risk!

  85. Lara De Leo Lynch here’s that new drive thru you showed me the other day…..?

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