Man drives pickup into front doors of Ellsworth bank

A pickup truck and a building were damaged Monday after the truck ran into the front entrance of the Ellsworth branch of TD Bank.

The crash happened at around 1:30 p.m. Martin Brecher, 83, of Blue Hill was pulling the truck up in front of the bank when he stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake, according to Capt. Shawn Willey of the Ellsworth Police Department.

No one was hurt in the crash at the bank next to the Ramada Inn on High Street, Willey said. He did not have estimates for monetary damage to the truck or to the building.

The pickup truck was a white Chevrolet Silverado, according to the Ellsworth American . The truck was towed away after the crash. The bank branch remained open, but business was directed to the bank’s drive-thru as workers cleaned up and made sure the facade was stable.

It was the second incident of damage to the bank in the past year. Last December, when a strong storm caused damage and flooding throughout much of the state, the bank’s free-standing illuminated sign blew down in the storm’s high winds but stayed lit on the ground.