Man Rams Car Into Restaurant, Eats Breakfast

WESH-TV Florida ^ | January 6, 2010

[Stoat]

Man Rams Car Into Restaurant, Eats Breakfast

92-Year-Old Cited For Reckless Driving

POSTED: 3:58 pm EST January 6, 2010
UPDATED: 5:07 pm EST January 6, 2010

 

PORT ORANGE, Fla. --

Diners at the Biscuit's "N" Gravy and More restaurant in Port Orange received a surprise Wednesday when a car plowed into the side of the building.

A 92-year-old man was at the wheel when his vehicle crashed into the busy restaurant on Nova Road. The driver wasn't hurt, but the cook said a customer had just left the damaged seating area.

Investigators think Charles Pierce stepped on the gas instead of hitting the brake while trying to park, but instead of panicking and amid all that debris, he calmly got out of the sedan and placed his order. The driver asked if anyone was hurt. There was very minor injury, but once Pierce was sure all was well, he dug in to his breakfast.

"Come out of his car, no problem. He sat down at the table, has his breakfast, and God bless America, beautiful," City building officials said there are no structural problems, so the restaurant can continue to operate.

The damage is estimated at about $25,000. The elderly driver was cited, after breakfast, for careless driving.

[Stoat]

Please also see the video report at the main article link.

I recall an episode of "South Park" that this is quite similar to.

[max americana]

The South Park epi was “Grey Dawn”. Classic.

[smokingfrog]

Did he leave a tip?

[JoeProBono]

[Stoat]

THANK YOU..wow,I knew that someone here would remember! In that episode, however, a ruckus was caused because there was an attempt to take the licenses away from drivers who were clearly incompetent. No mention in this news story as to whether the driver will lose his license over this.

[Stoat]

LMAO Great one, thank you :-)

[digger48]

That episode was just on MTV 30 minutes ago

[jla]

Charles Pierce
Obviously a Mexican here illegally since they're the only ones committing offenses such as this.

[fight_truth_decay]

Could happen to anyone.

A Kennedy would have left the scene of the 'alleged', 'believed to be' accident.

[familyop]

Those drive-in restaurants are convenient, but they’re not built right. ...easy to remedy.

[cajuncow]

He was using his GPS—Geriatric Positioning System

[stefanbatory]

I’ve eaten at that place several times...it’s right down the street!