Crime & Safety

Car Crashes Into Sarasota Post Office

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor apparently even a speeding car can shut down the Sarasota Post Office.

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor apparently even a speeding car can shut down Sarasota's Southgate PostOffice.
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor apparently even a speeding car can shut down Sarasota's Southgate PostOffice. (Courtesy Blake Lyons)

SARASOTA, FL — Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat — nor apparently even a speeding car can shut down Sarasota's Southgate Post Office.

That was exactly what happened Tuesday when a car came barreling through the front entrance.

"An elderly woman’s foot slipped off the brake and onto the gas," Genevieve Judge of the Sarasota Police Department told Patch.

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Judge said no one was injured in the crash.

"Her vehicle hit several PO boxes but they are open for business," added Judge.

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