{"id":255,"date":"2026-05-15T21:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T21:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=255"},"modified":"2026-05-15T21:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T21:37:00","slug":"car-slams-into-restaurant-patio-in-downtown-raleigh-hit-and-run-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=255","title":{"rendered":"Car slams into restaurant patio in downtown Raleigh; hit-and-run reported"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A popular downtown Raleigh business is cleaning up after a car crashed into its outdoor patio early Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=253\">Child bitten by sloth at NC safari park, USDA inspection report says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Caution tape was up Friday outside Bittersweet on East Martin Street, where damage could still be seen in the patio area.<\/p>\n<p>Raleigh police said officers responded to a reported hit-and-run around 1:50 a.m. near Fayetteville Street, around the corner from the business. The driver struck the outdoor seating area before leaving the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=251\">Is Belmont Cameli Single? What We Know About \u2018Off Campus&#8217; Star&#8217;s Love Life<\/a><\/p>\n<p>No one was injured. One of the owners told ABC11 off camera they were grateful no one was sitting in the patio at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=249\">Queens University lays off \u2018very small number\u2019 of employees amid Elon merger<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The crash came close to several propane tanks outside the business.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abc11.com\/post\/car-crashes-bittersweet-patio-downtown-raleigh-hit-run-police-say\/19106548\/\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\"><i>ABC11 is The News &amp; Observer\u2019s newsgathering partner.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published <span class=\"inline-block\">May 15, 2026 at 2:43 PM<span>.<\/span><\/span><!-- --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A car crashed into the outdoor patio at Bittersweet in downtown Raleigh around 1:50 a.m.; no injuries reported and police are investigating the hit-and-run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Car slams into restaurant patio in downtown Raleigh; 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