A staff member told MailOnline the car would have hit diners if it had not been stopped by one of London’s maps, known as monoliths, which brought it to a sudden stop.
She told the website: “The car came to a stop one metre before our restaurant.
“The ground was a bit slippery and the driver obviously lost control. They hit one of the maps [monolith]. This is what stopped the restaurant being hit.
“Everyone was in shock, you don’t see this every day. There was a loud crash. There were a lot of people, it was very crowded.”
A London Ambulance Service spokesman said: “We were called at 6:52pm today [Nov 12] to reports of an incident at Coventry Street, W1D.
“We sent three ambulance crews, an incident response officer, an advanced paramedic and a medic in a fast response car. We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance.
“We treated three patients at the scene. We took all three to a major trauma centre, two as a priority.”
