The scene where a lightweight car crashed into the storefront of a McDonald's outlet is seen in the city of Utsunomiya on Dec. 13, 2021. (Mainichi/Reina Kamoda)

       UTSUNOMIYA -- One person has been injured after a lightweight car drove into a McDonald's restaurant in Utsunomiya, the capital of east Japan's Tochigi Prefecture, at about 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 13.

       A part-time employee, 39, at the McDonald's Utsunomiya Kamitomatsuri branch who was on break sustained minor injuries.

       According to Utsunomiya Chuo Police Station, the car's driver was a 59-year-old company employee from the Tochigi Prefecture city of Nikko. She was reportedly trying to park in a family restaurant next to the McDonald's outlet when she accelerated the vehicle and collided into the fast-food restaurant.

       She is reported to have told police, "I drove forward while looking at the parking space behind me, and crashed."

       Officers at the station are investigating a detailed cause.

       (Japanese original by Reina Kamoda, Utsunomiya Bureau)

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