Hyman Jarrett was still shaking Tuesday night.

The 31-year-old Lawrence man was enjoying lunch Tuesday afternoon at Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe when a Honda Accord surged through a restaurant window and struck his leg, knocking him to the floor.

“I had only eaten half of my sandwich, and there was a huge explosion,” Jarrett said. “The first thing I thought is we were under attack. Terrorists are attacking Lawrence.”

But when he sat up, he saw the white passenger car parked in a bed of shattered glass and realized terrorists had nothing to do with it.

Valerie J. Baum, 15, Lawrence, told police and restaurant employees that her sandal got caught on the accelerator as she tried to park the vehicle along the east side of the business, 520 W. 23rd St. Neither she nor her 15-year-old passenger, Veronica Pilshaw of Lawrence, was injured.

Officers did not issue Baum a citation, Lawrence Police Sgt. Paul Fellers said.

Employees said two other customers were in the restaurant when the accident occurred, about 3:30 p.m., but neither was hurt.

Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe employee Sheila Bart sweeps up debris after the driver of a Honda Accord crashed through the window of the store at 520 W. 23rd St. A customer was taken to the hospital after the crash Tuesday but was only shaken up.

The events were surreal for employees watching from behind the counter.

“They were coming really fast. I was thinking they were going to hotshot it and hit the brakes,” employee Ryan Bonacker said. “I turned away because I didn’t know what the impact would be like. I turned back and people were screaming.”

Jarrett wasn’t badly hurt, just shaken. He went to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where he was treated and released.

A bag of potato chips and a still-open newspaper occupied the table top where he had been sitting just moments before the car crashed through the floor-to-ceiling window.

Inches away, shattered glass blanketed the floor; tables were overturned; wooden railings lay askew.

Store employees ran to a nearby drug store and bought a camera to snap photos of the damage. They closed early and spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning up.

General manager Jessica Knapp stared in disbelief, shaking her head as she absorbed the mess.

“It looks like we’re a drive-thru now,” she said.