LYNNFIELD – The Lynnfield Fire Department headquarters at 1100 Summer Street was struck by a vehicle on Thursday afternoon, just days after the FD began operations in the building.
According to a press release from the Select Board, at approximately 2 p.m., “a privately owned vehicle backed over a curb and struck the left northeast corner” of the new building.
The cause of the accident is currently unclear. Surveillance video of the incident shows a car accelerating backwards into the building without braking. EMS transported no one from the scene.
Though there is internal and external damage, according to the director of Lynnfield DPW, John Scenna, the building is “fully operational,” so services are not expected to be impacted. Though declining to comment about the incident itself, firefighter Anthony Arone said that the planned open house should happen next week as scheduled.
According to the press release, the town, the building contractors, and architect, and the building inspector are working with a private structural engineer to assess the damage.
