Car Crashes Into Kaufman, Texas McDonald's, Injuring Employee on Break

Keira Boyd noticed the car first. "The last thing I remember me saying is, he's parked kind of funny," she said. Seconds later, a vehicle backed through the exterior wall of the McDonald's on South Washington Street in Kaufman, Texas, sending debris into the dining room where Boyd and her coworker Madeline Nauman Santos were sitting in a booth between their shifts.

Four people were injured in the Wednesday afternoon crash. Kaufman Police say the driver fled the scene afterward. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth characterized the driver as an alleged drunk driver.

Boyd described the moment the vehicle accelerated in reverse: "All of a sudden he starts backing out speeding." She suffered heavy bruising and cut her hand as she shielded herself from the impact.

Nauman Santos took the brunt of it. "The last I heard was, 'Lookout!' And then I heard a big explosion and everything just went white, and then I remember I saw blood and the first thing I did was army crawl," she said. Her injuries required a hospital visit: a fractured nose, a black eye, and 19 stitches, four at the bottom of a wound and 15 on top. One of the four injured was rushed by ambulance to the hospital, though reporting did not specify which victim was transported.

The two employees were soon-to-be sisters-in-law. A coworker named Soto had left the restaurant just before the crash. Staff was trying to call 911 at the time the car came through the wall.

The driver has not been identified or apprehended in available reporting. No charges or arrests have been announced by Kaufman Police.

The restaurant reopened the following day with boarded-up windows in place of the damaged exterior. The franchise owners addressed the incident on social media: "Our thoughts and prayers go out to them...At this time, our top priority is the safety for our crew and customers."

Boyd and Nauman Santos were recovering as of the initial report. The circumstances of the crash, including the driver's identity and the status of any investigation, remained unresolved in reporting through late February.