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Terrifying moment suspected drunk driver crashes pickup truck into crowded California restaurant

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Martinez-cachero, W. (2026, November 1). Terrifying moment suspected drunk driver crashes pickup truck into crowded California restaurant. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16255759/drunk-driver-crash-california-restaurant-video.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-11-01 · by Wilko Martinez-cachero

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📰 Drunk Driver Crashes Into Restaurant
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Wilko Martinez-cachero
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Topics

California Chicken Thyme Chicken Thyme's Concord KRON

Subjects

Concord GPE · 6× Chicken Thyme ORG · 5× Jamshed PERSON · 5× California GPE · 2× Fraidoon Jamshed PERSON · 2× Chicken Thyme's ORG · 1× DoorDash ORG · 1× KRON ORG · 1× Kabob Craze ORG · 1× Little Thai House ORG · 1×

Narrative

Footage captured by a security camera showed the white truck suddenly blasting through the front of the Chicken Thyme restaurant in Concord last Saturday around 2.10pm, sending glass flying and leaving the customers stunned.
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🔮 Jamshed said the driver was going 'maybe 70 to 80 miles an hour' and suggested that he was still accelerating at the time of the accident.

Claims (24 extracted, 5 hedged)

Dramatic video captured the horrifying moment a suspected drunk driver crashed his pickup truck into a packed California restaurant. asserted
driver → capture → restaurant
Footage captured by a security camera showed the white truck suddenly blasting through the front of the Chicken Thyme restaurant in Concord last Saturday around 2.10pm, sending glass flying and leaving the customers stunned. asserted
truck → capture → customers
The restaurant's owner, Fraidoon Jamshed, recalled that the car 'jumped up and down,' hit the curb and then 'just flew in [his] store' at 1114 Meadow Lane. asserted
car → recall → Lane
Jamshed said he had seven or eight customers eating inside the family-owned restaurant when the crash happened. asserted
crash → say → restaurant
No one was injured. asserted
one → injure → ?
Video caught Jamshed standing behind the counter and jumping out of the way as the car exploded into the restaurant, leaving a trail of concrete and rubble in its wake. asserted
car → catch → wake
'It's miraculous nobody got hurt,' he told KRON. asserted
he → hurt → KRON
Jamshed said the driver was going 'maybe 70 to 80 miles an hour' and suggested that he was still accelerating at the time of the accident. uncertain
he → say → accident
'His foot was still on the gas, and we had to open the car and remove his foot from the gas,' Jamshed told the outlet. asserted
Jamshed → have → outlet
Security camera captured the moment a driver suspected of driving under the influence crashed through the the Chicken Thyme restaurant in Concord, California, last Saturday asserted
driver → capture → Concord
The city of Concord closed Chicken Thyme's indoor dining room after the collision, and repairs could take months uncertain
repairs → close → months
The accident took down a 16-by-16 concrete pillar which supports the roof, leading the city of Concord to close the indoor dining room for Chicken Thyme. asserted
which → take → Thyme
Jamshed said the repairs could take months as he asked customers to keep supporting the restaurant. 'We're still open for takeout and DoorDash delivery,' he said. uncertain
he → say → takeout
Two other restaurants, Kabob Craze and Little Thai House, which share the seating have also closed their dining rooms. asserted
which → share → rooms
However, the kitchen for all three restaurants has remained open since it is in another part of the shopping complex unaffected by the crash. asserted
it → remain → crash
The driver was later arrested by the Concord Police Department, who only identified him as a 22-year-old man. asserted
who → arrest → man
The man 'displayed signs of intoxication,' according to Concord police cited by the New York Post. uncertain
man → display → Post
The restaurant's owner, Fraidoon Jamshed (pictured in the security camera footage), said the car driver was going 'maybe 70 to 80 miles an hour' when the crash happened Chicken asserted
crash → picture → miles
Thyme, which opened in 2024, has been forced to shutter its dining room after the crash and rely on takeout orders He was subsequently taken into custody on suspicion of driving under the influence, police added. asserted
police → open → influence
Concord police also said that the man was transported to a local hospital for medical evaluation. asserted
man → say → evaluation
No details have been publicly released about the man's name or any charges he might face. uncertain
he → release → name
Chicken Thyme is a halal restaurant that is known for serving fried chicken and Afghan kabobs. asserted
that → know → chicken
It opened in 2024. asserted
It → open → 2024
The Daily Mail has reached out to Concord Police Department and Chicken Thyme for further comment. asserted
Mail → reach → comment
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