Party Crashers Sought At Mexican Restaurant Which Suffered More Than $200K In Damage

The driver of a car trying to escape a locked gate at Ponak’s did up to $200,000 in damages to the popular Mexican restaurant on the Boulevard. The crash happened July 1st, but Monday Kansas City Police released photos of the suspected "party" crashers. When the two women returned to their car parked at Ponak’s, they found a locked gate. So they hatched an escape plan that may have involved trying to gun it over the railroad tracks behind the restaurant. Instead they ended up backing into the Mexican restaurant’s kitchen.
“The damage is more extensive than we imagined. We thought it would be $30,000 to $40,000 and it’s turned out being a high estimate of up to $200,000 to $220,000 to fix this wall," Ponak’s General Manager John Greer said.