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Unattended car jumps a curb and hits bank building in Atlantic

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January 22nd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

An Atlantic bank sustained $1,000 damage Tuesday evening, when an unattended vehicle  jumped the curb and hit the structure. Atlantic Police say the mishap at the Wells Fargo Bank on Chestnut Street, occurred at around 6:45-p.m. Officials say  the vehicle, owned by Cherese Smith, of Atlantic, somehow slipped out of park, jumped a curb and  knocked over a parking sign before hitting the east side of the building. Smith was at the ATM inside the bank and returned to find the accident had occurred. Damage to her vehicle was estimated at $500.