Car crashes into Los Agaves Mexican Restaurant
Occupants, other vehicle sought
Photo provided by the Parkersburg Police Department A 2000 Ford Mustang sits partially inside Los Agaves Mexican Restaurant at 4542 Emerson Ave., Parkersburg, Friday morning. It’s believed the vehicle lost control during a road rage incident. The occupants fled after the crash.
Photo by Evan Bevins Employees of Los Agaves Mexican Restaurant clean up debris Friday morning after a 2000 Ford Mustang crashed into the restaurant around 7:30 a.m.
Photo provided by the Parkersburg Police Department A 2000 Ford Mustang sits partially inside Los Agaves Mexican Restaurant at 4542 Emerson Ave., Parkersburg, Friday morning. It’s believed the vehicle lost control during a road rage incident. The occupants fled after the crash.
Photo provided by the Parkersburg Police Department A 2000 Ford Mustang sits partially inside Los Agaves Mexican Restaurant at 4542 Emerson Ave., Parkersburg, Friday morning. It’s believed the vehicle lost control during a road rage incident. The occupants fled after the crash.
Photo by Evan Bevins Employees of Los Agaves Mexican Restaurant clean up debris Friday morning after a 2000 Ford Mustang crashed into the restaurant around 7:30 a.m.
Photo provided by the Parkersburg Police Department A 2000 Ford Mustang sits partially inside Los Agaves Mexican Restaurant at 4542 Emerson Ave., Parkersburg, Friday morning. It’s believed the vehicle lost control during a road rage incident. The occupants fled after the crash.
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PARKERSBURG -- A car lost control and crashed through the doors of Los Agaves Mexican Restaurant on Emerson Avenue Friday morning as a result of a suspected road rage incident.
Parkersburg Police were notified around 7:24 a.m. of a situation involving two vehicles, a 2000 Ford Mustang and a light-colored Pontiac Grand Prix, traveling south into the city on Emerson Avenue, Sgt. S.E. Carpenter said. Shortly after that, the crash was reported.
The vehicles were traveling north on Emerson and "made contact a couple of times" before the Mustang lost control and ran into the 4542 Emerson Ave. restaurant, which was closed at the time, Carpenter said.
No one was inside the restaurant when the crash occurred. Carpenter said there was no blood or other indication of serious injury inside the car.
Los Agaves manager Juan Bargas said the business' security cameras recorded two men and a woman exiting the vehicle and fleeing the scene. Police said the individuals had not been identified as of Friday afternoon and the incident remained under investigation.
The owner of the Mustang was located using the car's VIN number, because the tags belonged on a different vehicle, Carpenter said. The owner, who lives just outside Parkersburg, is not believed to have been involved in the incident, he said.
There may have been a third vehicle involved, Carpenter said, but no description of it was available.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Police Department at 405-424-8444. Tips can be left online anonymously at pkbpolice.com.
Los Agaves remained closed Friday afternoon.