UPDATE: Just ONE SINGLE DAY after a car crashed through the Chick-fil-A Beechwood in Athens causing massive damage, the dining room has already reopened.
They reopened the drive-through late Tuesday morning; A car slammed into the building before daybreak Tuesday; Athens-Clarke County Police say two teenagers were in the apparently stolen car; neither was injured and both were taken into police custody.
From the ACCPD…
At approximately 4:00 am on May 28th , our officer encountered a vehicle driving erratically on Broad Street near downtown Athens. Our Communications Unit advised our officer that the vehicle had earlier been reported stolen.
Our officer, using blue lights and siren, attempted to stop the suspect vehicle. However, the vehicle continued to elude our officer, turning southbound on Newton Street and then westbound on Baxter Street. As the vehicle approached the intersection of Alps Road and Baxter Street, it avoided stop sticks which had been deployed by another officer. The driver of the vehicle lost control, continuing through the Chick-Fil-A parking lot before coming to rest inside the restaurant. The restaurant is located at 196 Alps Road.
Additional officers arrived and detained two juveniles, a male and female. It is believed that the female was the driver of the vehicle and the male was the passenger. Both refused treatment and appeared uninjured. The female was transported to the Northeast Georgia Youth Detention facility and the male was released to his parent. The female faces multiple charges.
No restaurant employees were injured in the incident.
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