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“Coffee Helps” After Car Flips In Londonderry Dunkin’ Drive-Thru

America may run on Dunkin’, but one New Hampshire town literally flips for it! On Wednesday morning a coffee customer entering the take-out window took tipping a little to far….

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America may run on Dunkin', but one New Hampshire town literally flips for it! On Wednesday morning a coffee customer entering the take-out window took tipping a little to far. "Coffee helps" after car flips in Londonderry Dunkin' drive-thru.

NBC Boston reports that The Londonderry Fire Department told The Eagle-Tribune the accident took place at about 7:30am on February 28. Luckily, no one was hurt. or needed medical attention. But there's been plenty of attention, make no mistake. Let the puns begin.

The incident happened at the All Town Gas Dunkin' drive-thru. And Londonderry police had the best response to share on their Facebook page, posting "Life happens, but coffee helps." For those behind the flipped car, service was only interrupted temporarily, so they got their morning fix.

So, how did this happen? Firefighters communicated that the car drove up onto a "concrete-filled metal pipe and tipped over." Perhaps they took the corner a little too tightly. One commenter on the post said the lane is very narrow.

Some of the more amusing comments on the police post include:

"I thought I was excited about getting my coffee in the morning."

"Coffee roll?? Too soon 🤣 I hope everyone is ok," 

"Put a whole new meaning to curbside pick up 🤭"

"I guarantee they still went in and got Dunkin’"

"Wish my city's police department had a sense of humor"

"Parents, show your kids. This is what happens when you get too excited for munchkins at DD drive thru"

"Someone heard Ben Affleck was working the drive through window"

Seriously though, it's amazing the driver wasn't hurt. I mean, after a car clips at Londonderry Dunkin', it could have been a much different outcome. According the Boston Globe, the driver was a 30 year old woman from Londonderry, New Hampshire. And they report she was able to get out of the SUV through sunroof.

I hope her coffee was free that day and she indulged in a donut. What's your favorite donut? See if it lines up with your state:

It’s National Donut Day!

New England loves their donuts like no other region, after all, Dunkin Donuts was born in Quincy, Massachusetts back in 1950.

Founder William Rosenberg founded his first coffee and donut shop back in 1948 and it was originally called the Open Kettle, that name doesn’t sound as fun does it? I mean would America run on Kettles? Nope.

Two years later the name was changed because it is said that an architect came up with the name after he was enjoying dunking his donut into his coffee. Perfect!

70 years later there are over 12,500 Dunks worldwide

America runs on donuts!

There are lots of different donut specialty shops all over the country now. In Massachusetts we have all kinds of donut shops.

Taste of Mass  listed their Sweet 16 best coffee shops in the Bay State.

Here are their top 5

Mrs. Murphy’s Donuts Southwick
Donut Dip West Springfield
Rocco’s Doughnut Co. Millbury
Kanye’s Donuts Saugus/Boston
Donna’s Donuts Tewksbury

It’s kind of revealing that Dunks didn’t make the list, it shows you how the small mom and pops can really build up a great fan base by committing to their passion of focusing primarily on their donut craft.

Shane Co has put together a nationwide survey of every state’s favorite donut.

We will keep it simple and focus on our New England neighbors

Maine

Maine loves the glazed donut most!

Glazed

sugar glazed doughnut or donut isolated on white background

New Hampshire

The Granite State loves to sink their teeth into a delicious Chocolate Glazed

Chocolate glazed

Small chocolate covered donuts with a glass of milk

Rhode Island

The Ocean State loves to dunk their Glazed Donuts

Glazed

sugar glazed doughnut or donut isolated on white background

Vermont

The Green Mountain State loves their Apple Cider donuts more than anything else

Apple cider

Homemade Sugared Apple Cider Donuts with Cinnamon

Connecticut

The Nutmeg State prefers a yummy Chocolate Glazed donut, perhaps with nutmeg?

Chocolate glazed

Small chocolate covered donuts with a glass of milk

Massachusetts

Is there any surprise that Bay Staters are huge fans of Boston Cream donuts? Nope!

Boston cream

Chocolate pershing icing covered boston cream donut

Born and raised at Country 1025. Carolyn is a concert-lovin’ country music fan. Plus, an avid New England sports fan. Count Kruser in for standup comedy, movies, and cosmos, but family is #1 for her. Wife, mother of 2- plus Zoey the dog, unpaid cook, cleaner and organizer of chaos. Kruser likes to write about country music, New England lifestyle and trending topics.