CA Man Drove Over Car with Van at Wendy's, Police Say

West Deptford police say a California man was under the influence of alcohol when he drove a 2008 white Chevrolet van up a curb and onto the parked car of an employee of the Wendy's on Crown Point Road on Friday.

Witnesses told police that the van was traveling quickly through the parking lot of the fast food restaurant, when it rolled up a curb, knocked over a trash can and tilted to its side atop a small, thin tree.

The front end of the vehicle came to rest on the driver’s side of an unoccupied, 2007 silver Nissan Altima belonging to an employee of the restaurant.

Police say the driver of the van, 27-year-old David R. Weir of Beaumont, CA, then fled the scene on foot, heading South on Crown Point Road.

Officers caught up with him by the I-295 exit south of the restaurant.

Weir was arrested and charged with reckless driving, driving while intoxicated, refusal to comply with a Breathalyzer, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to report an accident and a documents violation. He was later released to a friend.

The van belonged to a private owner in California; the Nissan, to a Wendy’s employee. Both vehicles were towed from the scene.