Van crashes into Rockville barbecue spot

<p>Urban Bar-B-Que on Norbeck Road in Rockville, Maryland, is closed for the night after a van crashed through the restaurant on Tuesday, July 30, 2019.</p>
Urban Bar-B-Que on Norbeck Road in Rockville, Maryland, is closed for the night after a van crashed through the restaurant on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. (Courtesy Pete Piringer via Twitter)
<p>The crash happened around 3 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30, 2019.</p>
The crash happened around 3 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. (Courtesy Pete Piringer via Twitter)
<p>The van crashed into the restaurant.</p>
The van crashed into the restaurant. (Courtesy Pete Piringer via Twitter)
<p>People were in the restaurant, but a Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman said there weren&#8217;t any injuries.</p>
People were in the restaurant, but a Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman said there weren’t any injuries. (Courtesy Pete Piringer via Twitter)
<p>There were two people in the van.</p>
There were two people in the van. (Courtesy Pete Piringer via Twitter)
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<p>Urban Bar-B-Que on Norbeck Road in Rockville, Maryland, is closed for the night after a van crashed through the restaurant on Tuesday, July 30, 2019.</p>
<p>The crash happened around 3 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30, 2019.</p>
<p>The van crashed into the restaurant.</p>
<p>People were in the restaurant, but a Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman said there weren&#8217;t any injuries.</p>
<p>There were two people in the van.</p>

A van crashed into Urban Bar-B-Que in Rockville, Maryland, off Norbeck Road Tuesday afternoon, and though people were inside the restaurant and vehicle, no one was injured.

The crash happened around 3 p.m. at 5566 Norbeck Road, said Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer.

Two people were in the van and had to be extricated, but neither were transported since there weren’t any injuries.

People were inside the barbecue spot, but they also weren’t injured.

Piringer called the property damage “cosmetic,” adding that there was “likely no structural damage.”

The restaurant is closed for the night. Piringer tweeted, “Good thing no injuries, bad thing restaurant is close (sic) for the night, owner told me he always wanted a drive-thru, but…….not this type!”

Below is a map of the area where the crash happened.

Teta Alim

Teta Alim is a Digital Editor at WTOP. Teta's interest in journalism started in music and moved to digital media.

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