A 58-year-old woman was injured Monday night when the car she was driving struck a garage.
Rochester police and fire crews were called at 7:52 p.m. to 704 Sixth Ave. SE, where the vehicle had traveled through the gable end of the garage and come to a stop, trapping the woman inside.
According to initial reports, the woman drove into a driveway three houses down, then continued through two neighboring yards before ending up in the garage.
Firefighters were able to crawl through a back door of the car, said Vance Swisher, deputy chief of the Rochester Fire Department, and remove the woman. She was taken by ambulance to Mayo Clinic Hospital-Saint Marys Campus; a hospital spokeswoman said this morning the woman had been dismissed.
A blood sample was taken at the hospital to determine if she was under the influence.
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Firefighters had to use a chain saw to free structure debris from around the rear tires of the car so it could be towed, Swisher said.
