2 Cars Rammed at Burger King
By Pete Skiba - Friday, December 8, 2000
Clayton Archdale is handcuffed by a sheriff's deputy after he allegedly rammed two cars at the Burger King drive-through window on Old Nevada City Highway and Brunswick Drive Wednesday night. (Photo by John Hart)
A Grass Valley couple and their son went home hungry after a motorist allegedly drove off the road and crashed into their car at a fast-food drive-through window Wednesday night.
The driver, the couple and one other motorist were treated and released from Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, a nursing supervisor said.
Clayton E. Archdale, 23, of Grass Valley was arrested on suspicion of felony drunken driving and felony hit and run, a booking report said. Archdale is being held in Wayne Brown Correctional Facility on $25,000 bail, a booking officer said.
Archdale allegedly was driving his 1984 Honda sedan west on Nevada City Highway at about 10 p.m. when he lost control of the car, said Officer Dave Qualls of the California Highway Patrol.
It appeared that Archdale, a landscaper, was driving straight across Brunswick Road, when he accelerated, lost control of the Honda and swerved across the opposite traffic lane, Qualls said. He then went through Burger King's shrubs and into a parked car, which then smashed into a second parked car, he said.
Rebecca Neilson, 43, was in the driver's seat; her husband Kyle, 29, was in the front passenger seat; and their 11-year-old son was in the back seat when their 1995 Geo Prizm was hit, Qualls said.
The Prizm was slammed into a 1999 Lumina sedan driven by Nancy Anderson, 59, Qualls said.
Kyle Neilson's face was lacerated and Rebecca Neilson had minor injuries, Qualls said. The couple was taken to the hospital; their son was not injured. Anderson complained of neck and back injuries and said she would take herself to a hospital, Qualls said.
Archdale allegedly ran from his car and was captured by about three or more witnesses, Qualls said. The group held Archdale until the police arrived and arrested him.
Archdale had abrasions and contusions, Qualls said. CHP took him in custody to the hospital.
Reached by phone on Thursday night, Kyle Neilson said his car was totaled.
"We just got the Prizm paid off," he said. "And, we didn't even get our dinner."
Scott Richert, owner of the Burger King, said none of his employees were injured and his building was undamaged.
Grass Valley City Fire Department and Nevada County Consolidated Fire Protection District also responded to the accident.
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