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KENOSHA - Four people were injured Tuesday when a truck pulling a flatbed trailer was hit by a minivan and smashed into a Kenosha sports bar. One of the patrons inside the bar was hit by flying bricks and debris. Two others escaped shaken but otherwise okay. "The entire building started to shake," the bar co-owner, Warren Basquez, said. Fortunately, no one was standing directly in the truck's path. "Different time of day, I say, give or take another hour and it would have been more tragic," according to Basquez. Witnesses say around noon, the driver of the minivan ran a red light. The van then collided with a truck, sending the truck careening into the Big Shotz Sports Bar at 30th Ave. and Roosevelt Road. "I was in awe because I saw the bricks falling and I saw smoke," witness Theo Guyton said. The truck plowed into a bar customer and pinned him against the wall. Basquez ran over to check on him when the customer didn't respond immediately. "We didn't hear anything from him for three minutes, then finally we heard him calling out and got him out," Basquez said. While that customer was being pulled to safety, Guyton was caring for the driver of the minivan. "She was breathing funny and her eyes were in the back of her head. So I got her out and held her and told her everything was gonna be OK," Guyton explained. He held her until emergency crews arrived. She and three other people were taken to a hospital. The fire battalion chief said the driver of the minivan is being treated at Froedtert Hospital in serious condition. The conditions of the other injured people were not known late Tuesday night. Basquez vowed to reopen the bar as soon as all the damage is repaired. Watch scene video from Chopper 4 with Power Zoom (6:18)

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