News from all over - Deerfield Beach
A woman leaving a Department of Motor Vehicles office where she went for a state-ordered driver's license retest accidentally plowed her car into the building Wednesday, slightly injuring several people, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Therese Smith, 80, of Boca Raton, was easing out of a parking spot in front of the office at 100 S. Military Trail about 4:30 p.m. when she stepped on the gas too hard, propelling her 1990 Mercury Grand Marquis over a concrete parking block, onto the sidewalk, through a metal parking sign and into the windows of the DMV office, said Sgt. Mark Wysocky, FHP spokesman.
Seven people who were in the office waiting room when the crash happened were taken to North Broward Medical Center with minor injuries, fire officials said. Four others also were hurt but did not need to be taken to the hospital, and Smith was not injured.
Therese Smith, 80, of Boca Raton, was easing out of a parking spot in front of the office at 100 S. Military Trail about 4:30 p.m. when she stepped on the gas too hard, propelling her 1990 Mercury Grand Marquis over a concrete parking block, onto the sidewalk, through a metal parking sign and into the windows of the DMV office, said Sgt. Mark Wysocky, FHP spokesman.
Seven people who were in the office waiting room when the crash happened were taken to North Broward Medical Center with minor injuries, fire officials said. Four others also were hurt but did not need to be taken to the hospital, and Smith was not injured.
