Impatient customer rams vehicle in Taco Bell drive-thru

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Police say a man got frustrated in a restaurant drive-thru and rammed the vehicle in front of him Thursday night.

Thomas C. Daily, 25, of 4120 37th Ave. SW, was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, assault with a dangerous weapon and third-degree criminal mischief after the incident at Taco Bell, 555 33rd Ave. SW.

According to a police report, officers responded to the restaurant around 7 p.m. when employees called about a disturbance. Police learned that Krystle Fowler-Adney, 25, was waiting for her food at the drive-up window when her van was struck from behind by a pickup.

Then, according to police, Daily got out and yelled at Fowler-Adney and the restaurant employee at the window.

“He basically said, ‘What are you waiting for? Christmas?,'” Sgt. Cristy Hamblin said. “He had a few extra words in there.”

Daily returned to his pickup and proceeded to ram Fowler-Adney's van three more times, pushing it out of the way, police said. When police arrived, Daily was still waiting at the drive-up window.

“His food hadn't gotten there,” Hamblin said. “I think they were delaying it a little bit.”

Police said another woman and a 12-year-old girl were inside Fowler-Adney's van. No one was hurt.

Daily failed a field sobriety test at the scene and was taken into custody, police said. He was taken to the Linn County Jail and was released Friday morning after seeing a judge, jail officials said.