Sunday, May 22, 2011

Pedal to the Metal @ the Wilmette Public Library


Car Crashes Into Wilmette Public Library. (CBS Chicago, 5/18/2011)

Excerpt: A motorist’s momentary pedal confusion caused her to mistakenly hit the accelerator instead of the brake and drive through a wall of the Wilmette Public Library on Wednesday.

No one was injured, and the library wasn’t forced to close, but the mishap sent employees scrambling to deal with the temporary loss of a room normally used to organize books for reshelving, Pioneer Press is reporting.

The driver, a 56-year-old Wilmette resident, reportedly told police she mistook her gas pedal for the brake pedal, Police Chief Brian King said in an email
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