Suspected Drunk Driver Plows Truck Into Concord Restaurant, Diners Escape Unhurt

A pickup truck tore through the front of a Concord restaurant last Saturday afternoon, scattering glass and debris across the dining area as a suspected drunk driver lost control of the vehicle. Seven or eight people were inside at the time, and remarkably, nobody was hurt.

The crash happened around 2:10 p.m. on October 24, according to dailymail.com, which reported that the white truck came blasting through the restaurant’s front glass windows and front door without warning. Video of the moment of impact was credited to the restaurant via Storyful and circulated in a report from LiveNOW from FOX, which described diners as stunned as glass and debris flew through the dining room.

Exactly which business or businesses were struck remains murky. KRON4 reported the truck crashed through the front window of Chicken Time and Kabob Craze restaurants on Meadow Lane in Concord, while fox5atlanta.com identified the business as Chicken Thyme and said the truck came through its front door. The conflicting names have not been resolved.

Owner Describes Chaos Inside, No Injuries

Restaurant owner Fraidoon Jamshed told KRON4 just how close the call was for the people seated inside. “I had seven, eight people sitting there,” he said, adding that nobody got hurt in the crash — a detail that, given the damage, seems almost hard to believe…

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