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In Loveland, Ohio

Love, cooking and an out-of-control pickup

Nightmarish diners for Paxton's Grill customers, hit by a pirate car that ravages the outdoor patio and runs away - just by pure chance there are no victims

10/05/2023

Loveland, Ohio, has about 11 thousand inhabitants and is a very quiet village.

It was also very quiet the spring day on the patio of Paxton's Grill, a restaurant in the center, before a certain Tobie Ramsey, 25, arrived: not on foot, not for lunch, but at the wheel of a Toyota pickup decidedly out of control.

The security camera video says it all.
Ramsey climbs on the sidewalk, runs over the patio of the restaurant, smashes everything, then flees without stopping. But he was arrested shortly afterwards by the police.

The real miracle is that no one was hurt, or almost.
Take note: a couple sitting on the left remains petrified, frozen by shock. Three people who were in the path of the vehicle suffered very minor injuries, the police report says - and even the dog seen in the video got away with a great fright.

Now the young and careless driver is accused of three crimes: dangerous driving, fleeing from the accident site, causing panic.
In front of the judge, he pleaded "not guilty". For some reason the magistrate did not believe him, set a bail of 250 thousand dollars and ordered him not to drive.