Bobby Plescia, whose mother, Juanita Plescia owns the insurance office, said they had just opened at 9 a.m. when Olivia P. Lundberry, 70, of Slidell slammed her 2006 Dodge Dakota into the lobby, taking out the front wall and scattering office furniture.
“It started out as a nice Monday morning, and then we all heard this big crash,” Plescia said.
 The front of the Allstate Insurance office on Old Spanish Trial is in shambles after a car ran through the front door Monday morning. (Staff Photo by Erik Sanzenbach) |
Lundberry told police and Plescia she was turning into the parking lot, and when she hit the brakes, nothing happened.
However, Slidell police spokesman Capt. Kevin Foltz said the police officers checked the brakes on the truck and found them to be in working order.
“They believe she probably hit the gas pedal instead of the brakes by accident,” Foltz said.
Lundbery was taken to a local hospital and was released after it was determined she had no injuries. She was not given a citation for the accident, according to Foltz.
Plescia said that ironically, Lundbery was not coming to his office, but was doing business with the competition, State-Farm Insurance, which is next door to Allstate.
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