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FIRST AT FIVE THIRTY--
A HIT AND RUN--
LEAVES A FEDERAL HILL
LANDMARK-- SERIOUSLY
DAMAGED.
THIS-- IS WHAT POLICE
DISCOVERED EARLY THIS
MORNING AT THE
FOUNTAIN AT DEPASQUALE
SQUARE...
SLABS ON THE
FOUNTAIN-- BROKEN--
AFTER A CAR DROVE
STRAIGHT INTO IT.
WE FIRST TOLD YOU
ABOUT THIS -- AT NOON--
NEW TONIGHT--
POLICE ARE HOPING
SOMETHING THE DRIVER
LEFT BEHIND--
CAN HELP CATCH
WHOEVER DID IT.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER STEVE
NIELSEN JOINS US IN
STUDIO--
WITH THE NEW DETAILS.
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FEDERAL HILL OFFICIALS
SAY THIS COULD HAVE
BEEN A LOT WORSE...
BUT THE REPAIRS TO THE
FOUNTAIN SHOULDN'T BE
TOO BAD BECAUSE OF THE
CRASH.
POLICE SAY THE SEARCH
IS STILL ON FOR THE
DRIVER.
IT'S STILL FEDERAL HILL....
THE MUSIC PLAYS...
THE LIGHTS READY TO
TWINKLE...
BUT THE FOUNTAIN.... IS
SURROUNDED IN ORANGE
CONES...
THE BEUATIFUL GRANITE
AROUND THE BASIN RIPPED
FROM THE FOUNDATION.
this poor fountain has been
through a lot in the last year.
A PROVIDENCE POLICE REPORT
CONFIRMAS A DRIVER AT 1 30
AM HOPPED THE CURB...
SMACKED A CEMENT FLOWER
POT FIVE FEET...
THEN CRASHED INTO THE
DEPASQUALE SQUARE
FOUNTAIN...
AUTHORITIES SAY THREE
PEOPLE IN THE CAR LEFT ON
FOOT BUT THE DRIVE SPED
AWAY... LEAVING BEHIND HIS
BUMPER WITH HIS LICENSE
PLATE ATTACHED.
THE OWNER OF VENDA SAYS
HIS SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS
CAPTURED THE CRASH AND HE
GAVE IT TO POLICE.
RICK SIMONME WITH THE
FEDERAL HILL COMMERCE
ASSOCIATION SAYS THE
DAMAGE ISNT AS BAD AS HE
THOUGHT.
this work obviosuly we need to
get done now. so were workign
with the city engineers to get
that
done.
THE FOUNTAIN HAS BEEN IN
HEADLINES FOR THE LAST
YEAR...
WHEN IN EARLY 2018... THE
BASIN WAS COVERED IN
PLANTS... BECAUSE THE
FOUNTAIN WAS BROKEN...
IN JUNE THE CITY APPROVED
210 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO
REPAIR THE FOUNTAIN.
AMEN KHIRALLA SAYS THE
FOUNTAIN IS ICONIC.
i come here with her we take
pictures here. so beautiful. to
see
it destroyed like that very bad.
IT ALWAYS DRAWS A CROWD.
everythign from proposals to
mothers day fmaily pictures
baptisms everyhtigns done
outside here its a destination
within the destination of
providence.
NOW PEOPLE TAKE PICTURES
OF DAMAGE... NOT JOY.
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SO FAR NO ARRESTS
HAVE BEEN MADE BUT THE
POLICE REPORT
INDICATES AUTHORITIES
KNOW WHO THE DRIVER
IS....
SIMONE SAYS THE
FOUNTAIN WILL ONLY BE
PARTIALLY FUNCTIONAL
THIS YEAR... BUT THATS
NOT BECAUSE OF THIS
CRASH.
HE SAID A RECENT
INSPECTION REVEALED
THE FOUNTAIN NEEDS A
COMPLETE
RESTORATION...
HE BELIEVES THE PRICE
TAG COULD BE CLOSE TO
HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
IF FUNDS ARE
APPROVED.. WORK
WOULD BEGIN AFTER
COLUMBUS DAY.
IM STEVE NIELSEN
