SUV Knocks Down East Campus Stone Tower

One of the large stone towers marking the entrance to East Campus Union Drive off of Buchanan Boulevard was knocked down early New Year's Day in a one-car wreck involving a SUV.

According to neighbors, the incident occurred shortly after 1 a.m.  One neighbor said he heard the collison and came out to find a SUV flipped and the front end smashed.  The tower is part of Duke's 95-year-old East Campus wall. 

The driver did not appear to be injured, according to a statement in the Durham Herald-Sun.  As of Monday morning, police had not made public an incident report.

For more information, click here for the Durham Herald-Sun story.