Crime & Safety
Buick Jumps Curb, Hits Tree Near St. Anastasia
The elderly driver was taken to Bryn Mawr Hospital with minor injuries.
NEWTOWN SQUARE–Newtown Police responded Friday afternoon to a motorist who crashed a Buick sedan into a tree at the intersection of West Chester Pike and Radnor Drive.
The accident occurred at approximately 2:30 p.m. near the St. Anastasia School parking lot.
The elderly female driver claimed that her brakes had failed as she tried to make a turn through the intersection, according to Newtown Police Officer Dan Dougherty. She was taken to Bryn Mawr Hospital with minor injuries.
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The tree sustained only minor scrapes. The Buick was towed from the scene.
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