Car hits packed US church, injuring about 20

FORT MYERS, Florida – A driver trying to park before an Easter concert at a packed Florida church inadvertently drove into the building and through several pews, injuring about 20 people, authorities said.

Fort Myers police Lt. Victor Medico said the car struck the Second Haitian Baptist Church on Sunday night. He said the driver said the car malfunctioned and that it might have been the brakes.

Medico said about 200 people were inside the church and that people had to be pulled from underneath the car.

Quting Lee Memorial health System spokeswoman Mary Biggs, the News-Press reported that 18 people were taken to Lee County hospitals, including four trauma patients.