A car crashed into the front of a building at the junction of St Nicolas Street and Silent Street Tuesday night.
Ipswich: Car strikes one of town’s best known landmarks
Hollie-Rae Merrick
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
10:08 AM
A CAR has ploughed into the side of one of Ipswich’s most historic buildings.
Emergency services were called to the junction of Silent Street and St Nicholas Street where a car wiped out the large wooden pillar at the entrance of Curson Lodge.
Police, a fire crews and the ambulance service were alerted at 8.45pm and structural engineers were asked to attend to assess the damage.
Paramedics were called to the scene to assess the female driver and her passenger, who reported suffering from foot and back pain.
However, the extent of their injuries and details of whether they went to hospital were unknown.
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4 comments
A person not fit to ride a tricycle in town let alone a car......make her responsible for every penny of the expensive restoration that will be needed to restore (if possible) this historic building.
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Supernova6
Thursday, February 14, 2013
I hope the carved post can be repaired and replaced for the benefit of future generations.
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Sarky Sage
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
so many road works in town how did the driver miss them and not a building thats been there for hundreds of years amazing
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Lee mundy
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
At least it is in the Waterfront district, so should be repaired quickly.
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Winston Barrington Jr.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013