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Car Slams Into Delaware Plaza Entrance Sign in Delmar

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Elsmere, NY - A vehicle crashed into the entrance sign to Delaware Plaza in Delmar on Saturday, May 9th. The Elsmere Fire Department was dispatched to the Delaware Plaza, located at 180 Delaware Ave., at 2:45 P.M. for a car that had crashed into the entrance sign to the plaza. The driver of the car reportedly suffered a medical event which caused her to crash into the sign, according to Cmdr. Adam Hornick of the Bethlehem Police Department. Hornick says a witness stated that the car came from the drive-thru at the Key Bank located next to the sign. He says the driver had no recollection of the incident. "The crash caused significant damage to the vehicle and structural damage to the sign," Hornick said. The driver was transported by Delmar-Bethlehem EMS and Albany County Paramedics to Albany Medical Center Hospital with minor injuries.

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THOMAS MARRA Correspondent

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