[Press Release] : Vehicle Accident Causes Major Damage to Central Columbia Home

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Contact: Captain Eric Hartman, 573-499-7035 - Duty PIO Pager (24
hours), 573-874-7644 Office (M-F, 8-5)


Vehicle Accident Causes Major Damage to Central Columbia Home
COLUMBIA, MO (Date) - Columbia Fire Fighters were called at 12:55 am on
Friday, November 28, 2008 to 1513 Rollins Road for a report of an
extrication accident involving a vehicle striking a building.

Fire crews arrived and found a white 1995 Pontiac Firebird inside the
home located at the corner of Maplewood Drive and Rollins Road. The
vehicle traveled off the roadway and through the side yard of the home,
entering the home through the garage wall, traveled through the garage,
and partially exited the front wall and overhead garage door. There was
damage to other vehicles parked in the driveway of the home. Two adults
and two small children were asleep inside the home at the time of the
accident and were awakened by emergency crews. No one inside the home
was injured.

Several members of the Columbia Fire Department's Technical Rescue
Special Operations Team were dispatched to the scene due to the amount
of structural damage found by initial arriving crews. Team members,
specially trained in structural collapse rescue and structural shoring,
placed wooden shores inside the damaged area to ensure structural
stability and integrity; and to prevent any further damage to the home.


The driver of the vehicle was found walking around the scene when
emergency crews arrived and was transported to University Hospital by
ambulance with minor injuries. Damage is estimated at $30,000 to the
home owned by Doug and Gloria Fowlkes.

The driver of the vehicle which struck the home was taken into custody
by the Columbia Police Department. Any media inquiries relating to the
accident investigation or charges against the driver should be directed
to the Columbia Police Department.

(Scene video from this incident is available courtesy of the Columbia
Fire Department upon request. Photographs are attached to the electronic
copy of this release.)


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