PETERSBURG, Va. — A historic Petersburg mansion’s property has been struck by a car for the third time, and its owner is calling on the city to slow drivers down along a busy stretch of Sycamore Street.
The Ragland Mansion, built in 1856 and part of the Historic Poplar Lawn District, sustained damage to its wrought iron fence and porch after a car crashed into the property Thursday night. According to owner Claudia Bezaka, police told her the driver swerved to avoid a car turning left.
“The car behind them was speeding around that first car, to make the same left turn and ended up going into the yard,” Bezaka said.
The crash damaged a portion of the property’s historic wrought iron fence — a feature Bezaka describes as irreplaceable…