MADISON, Wis. --
A car slammed into a limestone pillar at the Chase Bank on the corner of Winnebago Street and Atwood Avenue on Friday afternoon.
Madison Fire Department officials said their Heavy Rescue Team was called to the scene of a traffic crash at about 1:15 p.m.
The driver was heading west on Atwood Avenue and missed the turn onto Winnebago Street, fire officials said.
They said the car hit the 16-foot limestone pillar, dislodging it, but not toppling it. With the pillar knocked aside, a scrolled piece at the top of the pillar came crashing down through the windshield of the car, fire officials said. It landed in the front passenger seat, just inches from the driver.
The driver was taken to Meriter Hospital with what were believed to be non-life-threatening injuries, fire officials said.
The Heavy Rescue Team remained for several hours, first to secure the pillar to the structure, and later to shore up the front canopy of the building where the pillar had been. A crane was brought to the site to remove the damaged pillar, fire officials said.
A similar crash took out another of the bank’s pillars just a few years ago, according to emergency responders.
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