NEW ORLEANS — Pieces of the . The crash destroyed half of one of the building’s entrances and left one person injured, according to the NOPD.

“The phone calls, people coming by to see it,” described bartender Heather Foster, “people are literally just driving by to see it.”

She told WWL Louisiana she was closing the bar just before 2 a.m. Sunday, when she heard the noise. She and others came outside and saw that an SUV had crashed into the venue’s main entrance, shattering one of the wide pillars next to the door.

Howie Kaplan, owner of The Howlin’ Wolf, said witnesses relayed that the car had run a stop sign on Diamond Street and hit another car before hitting the building. The NOPD said Monday that one person had to be taken to the hospital, though they could not say yet whether it ha

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