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Car strikes building in Council Bluffs – No injuries

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December 1st, 2017 by Ric Hanson

A vehicle whose driver lost control while pulling into a Council Bluffs strip mall, ended up striking a building, but the accident didn’t result in any injuries. Council Bluffs Police were notified at around 4:10-p.m., Thursday about the crash, which happened at 900 Woodbury Avenue, which is the site of a small strip mall and several businesses.

Officials learned 73-year old Mary Elizabeth Moore, of Council Bluffs, had been driving a 2015 Cadillac SRX and was pulling into a parking spot in front of a laundromat in the building complex, when her foot slipped off the brake and onto the gas pedal.

Witnesses to the accident turned off the water and power to the building. The driver of the car was helped out of her vehicle through the passenger side door. A structural engineer was called to evaluate the damage, but a dollar amount was not immediately available.