Chalk Up Another Save For Taco Bell Hot Sauce

WINTER HAVEN, FL -- Chalk up another save for Taco Bell hot sauce. But, unlike the first time in snowy Oregon, this one took place in sunny Florida Saturday when a Nissan Rogue jumped the curb and came barreling into a Taco Bell restaurant.

No one was injured thanks to -- you guessed it -- a packet of Taco Bell hot sauce, according to Winter Haven police. The vehicle came to rest about 10 feet inside the restaurant.

"A customer who was in the restaurant initially had been in the exact spot as the crash, however he had gotten up to get more hot sauce just prior to the crash," explained Jamie Brown of the Winter Haven Police Department.

That's coincidentally when 77 year-old Emmanuel Akowuah of New York and his wife were leaving the Taco Bell parking lot at 1799 3rd Street SW around 4:30 p.m.

"Akowuah told authorities that he placed the car in reverse, but then back into drive," Brown explained. "The vehicle jumped the curb and went into the building coming to a rest approximately 10 feet inside of the building. The airbags did deploy, however neither occupants of the vehicle was injured."

Brown said the crash caused significant damage to the taco bell.

Earlier this month, Jeremy Taylor, of Sunriver, Oregon, and his dog, Ally, survived on Taco Bell hot sauce for five days while they got stranded in the snow.