Officials in the city of Eastborough say it will cost almost $9,000 to replace the city’s entrance sign near Towne East Mall Drive after it was struck by a pickup driver last weekend.
It happened around 9:35 p.m. Feb. 1, Eastborough Police Chief James Welch said. The driver of a Chevy pickup truck was going westbound on Douglas onto Huntington when he lost control of the vehicle after hitting a patch of ice. The truck slammed into the right side of the 28-foot-wide concrete wall.
Welch said the driver did not remember exactly how the crash happened. He was cited for driving too fast for conditions and inattentive driving…