Woman loses control of vehicle, smashes into vacant Taco Bell

At approximately 9:45 on Thursday night, a woman crashed her Pontiac Grand Am into a vacant Taco Bell in Waco, Texas, causing significant damage to the empty building. The Taco Bell is located between Bosque Boulevard and Cobbs Drive.

The driver was 25-year-old Stephanie Whitehead. The collision knocked Whitehead unconscious, and members of the Waco Fire Department had to remove her from the vehicle by using the jaws of life. Her passenger, Tristan Harwell, 27, suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Whitehead was traveling down Valley Mills when she veered across several lanes of traffic and then struck a curb in front of the Taco Bell. Her vehicle was thrown over the low retaining wall surrounding the property and crashed into the building.

Waco police say Whitehead was traveling at a high rate of speed when the accident occurred.  The damage inflicted on the building is estimated to be around $20,000.

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