Woman drives car into bank, second such accident in one week

A 73-year-old Bainbridge Island woman made an unexpected deposit at her bank last week.

The woman drove her 2009 Nissan through the front door of the Bank of America on Hildebrand Lane at approximately 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17. There were no injuries.

The woman was reportedly pulling into the parking lot of the bank, according to the Bainbridge Island Police Department, when the vehicle jumped the curb and drove through the front doors and into a small lobby area were two ATMs are located. It became partially stuck there, in the second set of double doors that lead into the bank itself.

The woman was unsure how the accident happened but said it was “likely she accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake.”

It was the second such incident of a driver crashing into a Bainbridge business in just four days.

The earlier crash occurred Wednesday, Dec. 14 when an elderly woman escaped injury after she drove her Lexus RX 300 sedan into the front of the Meli Melo Island Vintage Boutique on Bjune Drive Southeast.