Patient's eyes were being dilated before van drove through front windows of office, optometrist says

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- An investigation is underway after a van crashed into the front window of an optometrist's office Monday afternoon, according to Harris County Constable Precinct 4.

Constable deputies said the wreck happened at New Sights Eyecare, located in the 13400 block of Cutten Road.

Investigators said multiple people were taken to the hospital for minor injuries. Although details are limited, the constable's office tweeted pictures of the crash, showing the van halfway into the building.

The office owner, Shanzida Alam, spoke with ABC13. She said she was dilating a patient's eyes when the crash happened.

"My employee just happened to go to the backroom just two or three minutes before," Alam recalled. "If she were out there, she would've been hit too. My two patient chairs are right there and right there, and the car went through right there."

Eyewitness News asked constable deputies why the driver lost control but haven't heard back.

Alam hopes to reopen on Tuesday and said she's thankful no one was seriously hurt.

"I'm just so grateful because my patients sit right there when they come in, and that place was hit," Alam said. "So, someone is looking over us."

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