No one was hurt when an unmanned Toyota truck rolled a short distance down Fifth Avenue North in Edmonds shortly after 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 8, striking a plate-glass window on the ground floor of Edmonds City Hall.
The truck was parked on the west side of the street, facing south, in the 200 block of Fifth Avenue North when it started rolling down a slight grade. The parking brake had not been set, according to Edmonds Police.
The truck veered west before hitting a small tree and crossing the sidewalk on the east side of City Hall. It struck the window of an office occupied by administrative services staff member Kathleen Junglov, who was not there at the time.
Dan Clements, administrative services director, said he was in a meeting with city staff and had his back to the window in his office next door to the one struck when he “saw the looks on the faces” of those facing east. “It sure was loud,” Clements said of the crash that followed.
After expressing relief Junglov was not at her desk, but rather, in his office, Clements wryly observed, “I guess it’s a case of, ‘If you don’t like my driving, get off the sidewalk.’”
The driver was not cited, according to police.
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