Over 200 people attending an Easter concert in Florida were stunned when a car smashed through the side of the church building leaving 21 injured.

Second Haitian Baptist Church was preparing for their final Easter event of the day around 8 p.m. Sunday when a car slammed through the brick outer wall of the building and rammed through several rows of pews before coming to a stop.

Fort Myers police say the car’s driver claimed the brakes in the vehicle failed as she was trying to find a place to park for the event.  Officials are calling the incident “an unfortunate traffic accident.”

The congregation was seated and waiting for the concert to begin when the car came through the wall.  Members of the church manually lifted the vehicle and then used car jacks to lift the car off people who were trapped beneath it.

Lee Memorial Health Systems reported 18 people were taken to area hospitals and none required surgery.