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SUV driver rams into gate outside Davis-Monthan

Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 01.16.2008
The driver of a dark sport utility vehicle smashed into a gate outside Davis Monthan Air Force Base near South Swan Road Monday night, an official said.
The SUV sustained front-end damage and the driver fled after ramming into the fence about 8:30 p.m. outside the entrance to the base at South Swan Road, said Tech Sgt. James Fisher, a base spokesman.
The gate was damaged and will have to be replaced, but the SUV wasn't able to smash through it, he said.
"I don't think it was their intention to enter" the base, Fisher said.
The Swan gate is open from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. After that another fence is closed to create a buffer zone that keeps intruders from getting into the base, Fisher said. The motorist crashed into a gate in the outer fence, he said.
The Tucson Police Department is assisting base officials with the investigation.
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