Matsuri restaurant crash driver charged

A 20-year-old Inglewood woman has been charged with careless driving after she crashed into a city restaurant earlier this month, injuring four people.

Police allege the P-plate driver on July 7 ran a red light at the intersection of Hay and Milligan Streets in Perth, before she hit a CAT bus and careered into the glass walls of the Matsuri restaurant.

Witnesses said it was lucky no one was killed as a result of the crash, which sent diners near the wall flying and caused traffic chaos.

Dramatic security video inside the restaurant showed a nine-year-old girl thrown from her chair and a man trapped under the front of the car.