Man crashes into apartment building

Posted on July 6, 2015

Authorities examine the damage left after a man crashed into an apartment building Sunday. (Photo courtesy Mark Embry)

By Joe Ragusa

BLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington man crashed into an apartment building over the weekend.

A Bloomington Police spokesperson said Naresh Jangda suffered minor injuries after he drove his rented Chevy Malibu into a building located at 3503 Cornelius Drive around 4:47 p.m. Sunday.

No one was injured in the crash. Bloomington Police did not have an estimate on the damage caused to the apartment building.

Jangda was given two citations for the crash.

Joe Ragusa can be reached at [email protected].

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