No injuries and no overall structural damage were the positive takeaways from a freak accident on Sunday, August 29, evening when a car careened out of control on Lakeside Drive and plowed into an apartment building. The driver, who was headed south going toward Lakecrest Drive, picked up speed as she went downhill.
“The theory is that some people go to press the brake and end up pressing on the gas,” said Captain Mark Sagan of the Greenbelt Police Department, adding there was no indication of drugs or alcohol.
The driver hit a parking sign as well as the wooden sign that says Lakeside, went up onto the University Square Apartments lawn, missing several parked cars, hit a small tree, flipped the car and plowed into the building. No one was in the apartment at the time. Witnesses reported hearing a large boom as the car hit the tan-brick facade and created a hole.
“We called the county out to make sure there was no structural damage [to the apartment
building],” Sagan said, explaining the police had been concerned they would need to evacuate the entire building.
Sagan said no charges were filed against the driver. The hole in the wall has been covered with plywood.
