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SUV hits apartment building in Creston Tues. morning

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August 31st, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Creston, Iowa) – An apartment building in Creston sustained about $10,000 damage Tuesday morning, after it was struck by a white SUV. Creston Police say a witness reported the vehicle ran over a grassy area next to an apartment building east of the T-intersection of Laurel and S. Sumner Street. The vehicle continued until striking the side of an apartment at 1001 Sumner. When The incident occurred at around 8:20-a.m. When Police arrived, the vehicle was not on the scene, and they did not see it while enroute. The driver was not immediately known.

The wall of the building that was hit had a visible brick indentation, enough so that the vehicle broke through into the inside of an apartment. No injuries were reported. Due to the damage, the tenants door was jammed shut, and required the services of the Creston Fire Department to pry it open.