PICTURED: Mom-of-three restaurant worker and nurse killed when driver plowed into patio - as records show suspect had two previous drunk driving convictions

A mother-of-three restaurant worker and a nurse were tragically killed Sunday night when a driver plowed his vehicle into the eatery's outdoor patio.

Kristina Folkerts, 30, had been working in the packed outdoor seating area at Park Tavern in St. Louis Park, Missouri at around 8pm when a driver - who has since been identified as Steven Frane Bailey, 56 - accelerated his car into the crowd.

Folkerts, who had been following in her mother's footsteps as a server at Park Tavern and who had recently started a relationship with a co-worker, was pinned underneath the vehicle, the Minnesota Star Tribune reports.

It took nearly 10 officers to lift the car off of her, according to Zach Winslow, who was working as the on-site manager that night.

Also killed in the crash was Gabe Harvey, an ICU nurse at the nearby Methodist Hospital, who was out celebrating a co-worker who was leaving her role as a nurse after seven years to go onto CRNA school, according to an online fundraiser. 

Police have said Bailey was caught on surveillance footage entering the parking lot, but not walking into the restaurant.

He was then seen trying to park, but instead accelerated into the patio, where generations of residents have held baby showers, class reunions and even wedding receptions.

'It was out of a damn movie,' said Terry Freeman, the general manager of Park Tavern and the brother-in-law of the owner.

'He went around a car then barreled right through. He ended up on that hill by the flowers.' 

Patrons kept the driver inside his vehicle until police arrived on the scene about two minutes later, Winslow told the Star Tribune.

Bailey was then booked into the Hennepin County Jail at around 12.10am on Monday on suspicion of two counts of criminal vehicular homicide.

He remained in custody without bail throughout the Labor Day holiday pending charges that could come as early as Tuesday, as city officials work to determine whether drugs or alcohol may have contributed to the crash.

Minnesota court records obtained by the Star Tribune show Bailey has at least two previous drunk driving convictions - fourth-degree DWI, a misdemeanor in Waseca County in 2014, and third-degree DWI, a gross misdemeanor in Hennepin County in 2015.

As the investigation into the fatal crash continues, community members are rallying around the restaurant and hospital to show their support. 

They have described Park Tavern as akin to the bar from the television show Cheers, but 10 times the size.

Folkerts even grew up at the restaurant, where her mother, Lauralee, worked as a server for decades before her death in 2008 from ovarian cancer when she was just 14 years old, according to FOX 9. 

Some servers even baby sat her when she was a young girl, and Park Tavern employees stepped up to help her get through the loss of her mother.

She now leaves behind three daughters of her own, ranging in age from one to seven, for whom the Tavern is raising funds to support.  As of Monday evening, the online fundraiser garnered over $63,000 for the family.

'Kristina was just one of the family. And her mother actually worked for us too,' owner Phil Weber told CBS News.

'Being here as long as we've had, we've had quite a few people pass away, but not in this manner,' he said.

'And this is just, you know, horrific. I mean nobody can even believe this is what happened.' 

Many had considered the restaurant a safe place to hang out.

'It's the memories of your kids, coming here after hockey games, of summer nights listening to music,' said Terri Lundquist, 68, who has been a customer for nearly 40 years.

'It's the kind of place you chill and relax and you know people. Not a place where you get plowed over.'

The restaurant was also a favorite hang out scene of Methodist Hospital employees, with Weber telling CBS News, 'they've been just amazing customers,' describing how the Tavern would host retirement parties once a week.

But the latest celebration turned to tragedy when Harvey was killed.

He had worked at the hospital for years, and was the unit coordinator for the ICU.

'He worked his way up to being an ICU nurse and he's one of the best at it,' Dr. Thomas Stark told Fox 9.

'He's a great, kind human being, awesome with patients and awesome with their families,' Stark said, adding to KSTP that Harvey 'kept everything moving in the intensive care unit.'

An online fundraiser to help his partner, Denzel, with funeral and living expenses, also said: 'There was not a soul that Gabe met that he didn't leave an impression on.

'He always had a smile and a kind word for everyone.' 

Other fundraisers were also set up for the nurses who were injured in the crash Sunday night, including the one who was celebrating her last day.

That nurse, Laura Knutsen, suffered 'extensive fractures and numerous traumatic injuries,' one of the online fundraisers says, as did her friend Tegan D’Albani.

A fourth ICU nurse, Theo Larsen, meanwhile, was admitted to North Memorial Neuro ICU with multiple skull fractures, facial fractures and orbital fractures, a fundraiser for his medical expenses says. 

 'We're grieving the loss of a loved and respected colleague and friend to many here at Methodist Hospital and HealthPartners,' a spokesperson for the hospital said in a statement. 'Our thoughts are with our colleague's family and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time.

'Our focus in the days ahead will be in supporting our colleagues and the loved ones of those affected by this tragedy,' the spokesperson continued. 

'The close relationships our colleagues have with each other is a part of what makes Methodist a special place.' 

Park Tavern will also remain closed on Tuesday to 'support and care for our staff and neighbors.'

It will then hold a memorial and fundraiser for crash victims at a later date, and Weber plans to also plant a tree in memory of the victims. 

'We'll get through and we'll keep doing what we do,' he said. 'We have no other choice.'