3 women injured, taken to hospital, after SUV crashes into outdoor restaurant dining area near the University of Arizona

Three people have been injured after a vehicle crashed into a patio area outside a Tucson eatery.

Tucson police the crash involving an SUV occurred about 1 p.m. Wednesday outside the Chipotle Mexican Grill near the University of Arizona campus.

A spokesman for the Tucson Fire Department stated that three college-age women were taken to a hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

Police say the SUV drove over the curb and struck a bench. The bench then was pushed into the eatery's front door.

It wasn't immediately clear where the injured women were located at the time of the accident.

A picture on the Star's website shows the SUV with front-end bumper damage.

The names of the injured and the SUV driver weren't immediately released.