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Driver safe, bench, light down in 1-vehicle smashup

News Photo by Julie Riddle Michigan State Police troopers administer a sobriety check to a woman after the pickup truck she was driving left US-23 South near the Alpena Days Inn on Sunday evening, crashing through a fence before landing in the parking lot of a nearby church. Before reaching the fence, the truck crossed a sidewalk and took out a metal roadside bench and decorative lamp -- dragging the bench about 40 yards and the sizable lamp another 90 yards -- and partially leveled a bush, strewing car parts and pieces of glass in its wake. The driver, checked by medical personnel at the scene, was unhurt. The matter is still under investigation, according to police.

Michigan State Police troopers administer a sobriety check to a woman after the pickup truck she was driving left US-23 South near the Alpena Days Inn on Sunday evening, crashing through a fence before landing in the parking lot of a nearby church. Before reaching the fence, the truck crossed a sidewalk and took out a metal roadside bench and decorative lamp — dragging the bench about 40 yards and the sizable lamp another 90 yards — and partially leveled a bush, strewing car parts and pieces of glass in its wake. The driver, checked by medical personnel at the scene, was unhurt. The matter is still under investigation, according to police.

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