One person was killed and multiple people were injured when an SUV crashed into the lobby of Piedmont Hospital’s emergency room Tuesday morning.
A Mercedes-Benz hit two people and “bumped several others” just inside the glass doors to the hospital building on Peachtree Road, Atlanta police spokesman Officer Steve Avery said.
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Its driver was arriving for an appointment about 7:40 a.m. when she lost control in the circle drive outside the emergency room, hit another car and veered into the building, he said. She was not injured.
A woman, identified Thursday as 55-year-old Kimberly Sharee Hill of Atlanta, was pronounced dead at the scene. At least four others were hurt, although their injuries are not considered life-threatening.
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Avery said investigators do not know what caused the driver, 75-year-old Mary Clayton of Atlanta, to lose control. The crash is still under investigation.
“It does not appear to be a deliberate act,” he told AJC.com.
Piedmont’s emergency department temporarily diverted ambulance services to other hospitals while investigators were on scene, hospital spokesman John Manasso said.
After a structural check by the hospital’s contractor and engineering team, Manasso said new glass was installed and the emergency department had returned to regular operations Tuesday afternoon.