BOONE, Iowa—Boone Police investigated an accident Tuesday afternoon a quarter after four in the 700 Block of Story Street. According the report by Boone Police, 78-year-old Becky Lou Irish of Ames was diagonally parked on the east side of Story Street. Irish began backing from her parking space and apparently hit the wrong pedals causing her vehicle to back across Story Street, striking a parked car on the west side of the street, go up the curb and struck the building at 711 Story Street. Irish was taken by Boone County Ambulance to Boone County Hospital to be checked for possible injuries. Irish was cited with failing to maintain control.
Boone Police were assisted by the Boone Fire Department, Fire and Rescue and the Boone County Hospital Ambulance.
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