Original Blog Entry: Women Dine, Dash and Crash into IHOP

truesee — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:40:42 GMT

June 16, 2009

Diners dash, crash into IHOP in Detroit

BY TAMMY STABLES BATTAGLIA

DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

A dine-and-dash gone wrong ended up with a car in the IHOP Restaurant on East Jefferson in Detroit this morning.

And despite a couple of patrons in the dining room when the car crashed through, no one was injured, IHOP manager Raymond Jefferson said.

I ve have weird things happen but not of this magnitude, said Jefferson, who's managed the restaurant at 2701 E. Jefferson near Chene for three years. I ve been around for 10 years of fast food, but not somebody driving through a building.

Four diners in their early 20s and late teens ran from the restaurant just after 6 a.m. after not paying for their meals, Jefferson said. But their server chased them out the door, trying to stop them or at least get a license plate number.

But the car swerved around the corner of the restaurant, nearly hitting the server, and the driver lost control, Jefferson said.

They tried to swerve around her -- they must have been going 60, 70 miles per hour, he said. You wouldn t believe how she (the driver) jumped this curb.

None of the people in the car or the server was injured. Detroit Police officers are still reviewing the incident and charges are pending, according to investigators.

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June 16, 2009

9:00 PM EST

Women dine, dash and then crash into Detroit IHOP

DETROIT Four women trying to skip out on their bill at an International House of Pancakes ended up plowing into the Detroit restaurant as they sped away. No one was injured in the accident Tuesday morning. Restaurant manager Raymond Jefferson told the Detroit Free Press the women ran from the IHOP just after 6 a.m. without paying their bill. Their server chased them out the door.

But one of the women lost control of the Mercury Cougar as they drove away, crashing through the restaurant's wall and smashing at least one large window.

The driver was ticketed at the scene.

The driver's father told The Detroit News his daughter had more than $200 in cash on her at the time and was talked into dining and dashing by friends.

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