{"id":387205,"date":"2026-01-04T11:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T11:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/387205\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T11:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T11:12:14","slug":"investigation-underway-after-driver-crashes-into-vinsons-pub-and-restaurant-in-clayton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/387205\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation underway after driver crashes into Vinson&#8217;s Pub and Restaurant in Clayton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WTVD logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/origin-wtvd.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, January 3, 2026 6:59PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"ABC11 24\/7 Streaming Channel\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">A driver crashed into a restaurant Saturday morning in Clayton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">It happened at Vinson&#8217;s Pub and Restaurant on East Main Street. A viewer sent photos into ABC11, showing a car partially through the exterior wall.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA hsDdd DbOXS oklLN GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A driver crashed into Vinson's Pub and Restaurant in Clayton on Jan. 3, 2026.\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR WAUrb hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/18347472_clayton-car-v-building-img.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A driver crashed into Vinson&#8217;s Pub and Restaurant in Clayton on Jan. 3, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>ABC11 Viewer <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">A town spokesperson said the driver was taken to a hospital. The incident is under investigation by the Clayton Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WTVD-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday, January 3, 2026 6:59PM A driver crashed into a restaurant Saturday morning in Clayton. It happened at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[188283,23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-387205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-188283","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}