A fast food employee in eastern Iowa is facing charges after a food fight turned into a fist fight. According to a police report, two employees at a Burger King in Coralville started throwing Whoppers at each other Saturday night.

The altercation ended with one the employees in the hospital. Officers charged 18-year-old James Hillard Jr. with assault causing bodily injury. Hillard fled the restaurant on foot before police arrived. The victim, who was not identified, required stitches on his upper lip. 

Radio Iowa