Yet another "black eye" for us. Now someone drives a truck into the middle/high school. Luckily no one was hurt. Will this cause a delay in the renovations?
from the bcct:
Vandals crash truck into middle/senior high school
By: MANASEE WAGH
Bucks County Courier Times
Vandals crashed a truck into a door at the back of Morrisville Middle/Senior High School, breaking the door and damaging the surrounding brick wall early Wednesday morning.
Authorities said unknown individuals in an allegedly stolen pickup truck backed into the metal maintenance and receiving area door. The vehicle was found abandoned in a ball field adjacent to the school's parking lot.
By afternoon, workers had put up a temporary wooden structure to block the hole, but a crack extends far up the side of the wall.
"When we found it, the door was off its hinges. Everything was in shambles. It looked pretty bad," said Tim Lastichen, director of facilities for the district.
Broken bricks littered the maintenance room. Nothing appeared to be stolen, but the room's contents, including supplies, cleaners and a computer, had been strewn about. A set of plans for this summer's renovations were found torn apart, though the district has another copy. A refrigerator standing against the door had been pushed back by the force of the blow.
"It was a hard crash. That must have hurt," said Lastichen, who examined the truck about 6 a.m. and found the engine still warm.
Security cameras were temporarily offline, or someone might have seen what was going on, Lastichen said.
A black tire mark could be seen on the pavement in front of the door. School officials also found expletives spray painted on another door at the back of the building and on a contractor's truck.
The vandalism occurred as the district is busy overseeing extensive renovations for the school.
The district's engineer inspected the building for possible structural damage. Morrisville police are investigating the incident. Insurance should pay for the damage, which might require a partial wall replacement, Lastichen said.
Superintendent Elizabeth Yonson plans to issue the results of the engineer's inspection as soon as it becomes available.
The newspaper was unsuccessful in reaching police working on the case Wednesday.
