Runaway boat sails through window at Port Royal Waffle House
By Delayna Earley and Mike McCombs
The Island News
If you’ve spent much time at Waffle House, you have a story. After Sunday at the Waffle House in Port Royal, a few more people have theirs.
On Sunday afternoon, June 30, a boat on a trailer redefined “drive-in window” and came crashing into Waffle House in Port Royal.
Luckily, no injuries were reported and the restaurant remained open for business.
Apparently, the small boat trailer carrying a boat detached from a truck traveling on Parris Island Gateway, took a turn to the right, and collided with the restaurant at around 2:22 p.m., according to Port Royal Police Capt. John Griffith.
There were customers present, but they were all sitting at the other end of the restaurant. According to an employee, there had been customers on that end of the restaurant, but they had left just a few minutes before the incident.
The boat and trailer took out two sections of the plate glass window, bent several support brackets and wiped out the jukebox. By Monday, the sections had been replaced with plywood.
Port Royal Police Department responded to the incident, but a wrecker was not needed to remove the boat from the property.
At this time, The Island News hasn’t learned if there are any traffic citations related to this incident.
Delayna Earley, who joined The Island News in 2022, formerly worked as a photojournalist for The Island Packet/The Beaufort Gazette, as well as newspapers in Indiana and Virginia. She can be reached at delayna.theislandnews@gmail.com.
Mike McCombs is the Editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com.
