Food-delivery driver crashes into Fells Point restaurant after traffic stop

A food-delivery driver’s attempt to flee a traffic stop sent a car into Bunny’s Buckets & Bubbles in Fells Point, leaving a hole in the restaurant’s brick wall and forcing a safety check at one of the neighborhood’s busiest late-night corners.

Baltimore police said Entertainment District officers were doing traffic enforcement around 10:46 p.m. Friday in the 700 block of Broadway when they saw a car traveling without headlights. Officers approached after the driver tried to park and learned she was picking up a food order for a delivery company, police said. When officers asked for her license and registration, police said, the driver sped away.

Police said the car struck two other vehicles before crashing into the corner of the building at 800 S. Ann St., the home of Bunny’s Buckets & Bubbles at South Ann Street and Broadway. Officers arrested the 24-year-old driver after she tried to run from the scene. A 6-year-old girl riding in the vehicle was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.

The impact tore into the restaurant’s corner brick wall, and a building inspector was called to determine whether the structure was safe. The building was deemed sound aside from the damaged wall, and Bunny’s reopened for brunch Saturday morning, showing how quickly a crash at the edge of Fells Point can ripple through a dinner and nightlife district that depends on steady foot traffic and weekend crowds.

The owner described the wreck as something that “could have been an absolute tragedy,” a stark reminder that the collision came just steps from pedestrians, restaurant workers and late-night diners on the waterfront strip. Bunny’s, which lists its address as 801 S. Ann St., says it opened in summer 2023 and was voted Best Fried Chicken of 2024.

The crash landed in a part of the city where police have already been under pressure to keep nightlife streets moving safely. Baltimore police launched an Entertainment District Unit in August 2025 to focus on traffic enforcement and other issues in nightlife areas including Fells Point. The city also briefly posted weekend overnight parking restrictions there in spring 2025, then removed them after pushback from residents and business owners.