An SUV crashed into a restaurant and injured two food influencers while they were filming a review on Saturday.
On Aug. 18, NinaUnrated and Patrick Blackwood posted a video showing the stunning moment at Cuveeโs Culinary Creations in Houston, Texas, as well as its aftermath.
In the video, the pair learn about their dishes served by restaurant owner and chef Ivory Watkins before he walks away from the table. As they take a bite of their sandwiches, the crash sends shards of glass and other debris flying toward Blackwood, who was closest to the window, and NinaUnrated, who falls out of the booth.
โThere were maybe four to six guests here because we were preparing for a private party,โ Watkins tells TODAY.com. โThe lady that ran through the window was a part of the private party.โ
A spokesperson for Harris County Sheriffโs Office confirms that deputies were dispatched to the restaurant on Aug. 16 at about 4:41 p.m. when the โfemale driver of the vehicle (Black SUV) advised that she thought she [placed] the vehicle in park and โupon releasing her foot off the brake, the vehicle rolled into the business, striking the building, and breaking the glass.โ
โThere were two people inside the business,โ the spokesperson continued, adding that โone male and one female sitting inside in a boothโ were injured and โtransported to a local area hospital.โ
โPatrick got most of the impact and he pushed me out of the way,โ NinaUnrated, who prefers to go by her username, tells TODAY.com. โIt happened so fast, I think weโre just lucky to be alive, to be honest.โ
In a series of follow-up posts, NinaUnrated shows lacerations on her face and hands, and Blackwood appears to have a long laceration on his jaw, as well as stitches and staples closing wounds on other parts of his body.
โI want to break down and cry, and I just canโt,โ NinaUnrated says in the video. โIโm trying to, like, not freak out. Iโm like, โJust smile.โโ
โI donโt know what it is. I was not expecting this bulls— right here, but, uh, Iโm glad Iโm alive,โ Blackwood says in the video. โI just want to be around my pets later in my own home. Have me some ice cream.โ
Now, the pair say they are taking a short break from filming videos while they recover.
โIโm losing sleep over replaying Patrick Blackwoodโs face in my head and the glass shattering,โ NinaUnrated says. โI wake up every 30 to 45 minutes with my heart racing for the past few nights. I havenโt slept well.โ
Watkins says his employees cleaned up and opened the restaurant the day after the accident, and NinaUnrated and Blackwood came back that day to eat again.
โHereโs what you have to understand โฆ I was standing in front of them. Iโm six feet tall. When the car came through the window, all of that glass would have hit me dead smack in my face,โ Watkins says.
While they are still shaken, they say they are so thankful to be alive.
โTomorrowโs never promised, but you donโt understand the depth of those words until you experience something like this,โ says NinaUnrated. โWe could have been handicapped, we could have been blind, we could have been dead, we could have been killed. And there is no repeating this. So for me โฆ live your life right now.โ
