{"id":257798,"date":"2026-06-06T23:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T23:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/257798\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T23:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T23:15:12","slug":"car-plows-through-nyc-mcdonalds-just-feet-from-drive-thru-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/257798\/","title":{"rendered":"Car plows through NYC McDonald&#8217;s just feet from drive-thru window"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This driver was in a rush.<\/p>\n<p>A reckless <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/03\/us-news\/hit-run-truck-strikes-nyc-pedestrian-leaving-helpless-victim-to-be-finished-off-by-passing-suv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bronx motorist lost control of their car<\/a> and than leapt it into the side of a McDonald\u2019s Saturday afternoon, leaving a gaping hole just feet from the busy drive-thru window.<\/p>\n<p>The gray sedan was speeding near the Golden Arches at Bruckner Boulevard and Morrison Avenue when it jumped a median lined with large rocks \u2014 launching the car into the air and smashing into the restaurant\u2019s wall, according to witnesses.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.40082079;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39601768\" width=\"826\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/260606-car-crashed-mcdonalds-bruckner-129997885.jpg\" alt=\"A car crashed into the side of a McDonald's building, leaving a large hole in the brick wall and debris scattered on the ground, with a yellow police tape sectioning off the area.\" class=\"wp-image-39601768\"  \/>A speeding sedan launched over rocks on a median near the drive thru and crashed through the Bronx Mickey D\u2019s at Bruckner Boulevard and Morrison Avenue. J.C. Rice for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>The car hit the wall just feet from the order window, which moments earlier had several cars in line waiting to scoop up their fast-food orders.<\/p>\n<p>The Honda sedan lay abandoned in the parking lot, its front bumper torn off and rear bumper caved in, photos show.<\/p>\n<p>Moments after the crash, several occupants of the car jumped out and ran off, witnesses said.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39601767\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/260606-car-crashed-mcdonalds-bruckner-129998013.jpg\" alt=\"A car crashed into a McDonald's on Bruckner Boulevard in the Bronx, New York.\" class=\"wp-image-39601767\"  \/>The occupants of the car fled on foot and no injuries were reported as a result of the accident. J.C. Rice for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant closed operations after the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This driver was in a rush. A reckless Bronx motorist lost control of their car and than leapt&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[254,28129,23794,57,9,56,63,65,64,129,58],"class_list":["post-257798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-car-crashes","tag-honda","tag-mcdonalds","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-the-bronx","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}