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Semi Crashes Into Dallas McDonald's Save Email Print
Posted: 11:09 PM Aug 26, 2008
Last Updated: 11:09 PM Aug 26, 2008
Reporter: Associated Press
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Tuesday evening, a semi-truck crashed into a McDonald's at Interstate-20 and Great Southwest Parkway in Grand Prairie.

Two people, both restaurant employees, were injured. Authorities say neither suffered serious injuries. The driver of the truck, 43-year old Adrian Vasquez of Arlington, wasn't injured.

Video from a chopper on the scene showed one of those two being taken away from the scene on a stretcher. That person was transported to Methodist Medical Center in Dallas.

Witnesses say the driver was filling up at a nearby gas station when the truck lunged forward several dozen feet and crashed into the side of the restaurant.

Police say the truck was unoccupied at the time of the crash. The brakes either failed or were not set when it crashed, police say.

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Posted by: Jillian Location: College Station on Aug 29, 2008 at 03:27 PM
Wow,that's scary, hey zackery kane, meet me at mc-d.s for some ice cream later!

Posted by: Zackery Kane Location: T on Aug 27, 2008 at 03:39 PM
Hi I live right off university where they found west nile virus. I cant believe that happened! I went to Grand Prairie one time. I've even eaten at McDonalds! I could have been killed!!!!!!!!!!! I think I am going to start a petition to put concrete barriers around McDonalds so this kind of thing doesn't happen. I'm not talking about no curb. I'm talking like great wall of china status kind of wall.

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