Off Duty Police Officer Crashes in McDonald's Drive-Through in Diamond Bar, Arrested for DUI

An off-duty Los Angeles police officer was arrested today on suspicion of drunken driving after he crashed a vehicle into a drive-through area of a McDonald's restaurant near a freeway in Diamond Bar, California Highway Patrol officials said.

Jonathan Chel, 29, of Fullerton, was booked on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, the CHP reported.

Chel was taken into custody at a hospital, where he was treated for moderate injuries he suffered in the crash at about 1:15 a.m. at the Brea Canyon Road offramp of the eastbound Pomona (60) Freeway, CHP Officer Rodrigo Jimenez said.

According to the preliminary investigation, Chel was driving a Mazda 3 passenger vehicle on the offramp that leads to Brea Canyon Road when it crashed off the roadway and traveled across an approximately 50-foot area separating the offramp from the drive-through area of the restaurant, Jimenez said.

Los Angeles County firefighters pulled Chel from the vehicle, and he was taken to UC Irvine Medical Center for treatment of injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening, Jimenez said.

Chel was believed to be the lone occupant of the vehicle, he said.

—City News Service