No one was hurt when an elderly woman plowed a minivan into the Prescott Regional Public Safety Communication Center on South Cortez Street Monday morning. The building entryway did not fare as well…
Two metal doors, the frame around the doors and an area inside the entryway suffered significant damage.
Medical personnel checked the 79-year-old driver at the scene and released her. No one else was hurt and a repair crew began work on the entrance immediately. The unnamed woman was pulling into a parking space in front of the communications center when she accidentally hit the accelerator. Security people will guard the entrance until repair personnel make repairs. The communication center handles emergency calls for eight area police and fire agencies 24 hours a day, according to the City of Prescott’s website. Center employees answer more than 20,000 phone calls a month. The accident did not interrupt the center’s ability to handle emergency service calls Morley said.
