Woman Launches Her Car Into Mayor's Office

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FAIRHOPE -- One city official was injured and two others, including the mayor, narrowly escaped injury when a resident arriving at City Hall on Monday afternoon to pay her utility bill accidentally hit the gas pedal and launched her car into the mayor's office, police said.

"I thought it was a bomb, but then I saw a car coming right at us," Mayor Tim Kant said after he walked through the space that once housed the floor-to-ceiling window of his corner office.

Eva Klemann, 57, of Fairhope, was in the process of parking her blue 1998 Acura at City Hall on North Section Street at 4:23 p.m. when, according to police, her foot slipped off the brake and hit the accelerator. The car jumped the curb and smashed through the mayor's office window.

Moments earlier, Dan McCrory, the city's water and sewer superintendent and assistant fire chief, arrived at the mayor's office with Volunteer Fire Department Chief Jimmy Cluster to discuss a city project.

Kant said he had just gotten up from his desk to greet the officials when the car crashed into the office. McCrory tried to get out of the way but couldn't, the mayor said.

"Dan was between the car and desk and was kind of pinned in the back of the room," Kant said.

McCrory was conscious throughout the ordeal, Cluster said, and suffered injuries to his hip and ribs. McCrory was taken to Thomas Hospital.

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[davidinalameda]

1. oops!

LOL