Woman accused of causing $53,000 in damage by reversing into parked car and Workforce Australia office

A woman has been arrested for allegedly causing about $53,000 in damage after allegedly reversing into an office and a parked car in Albany. The 35-year-old is accused of ramming her Suzuki Vitara into a Holden Commodore belonging to an employee of 1849 Backpackers at 5.10am on Sunday morning. The vehicle, which sustained over $3000 in damage, was parked in the hostel’s carpark at the time. Police say CCTV captured the Kalgan resident reversing out onto Peels Place before reversing into Workforce Australia, causing about $50,000 in damage. Photographs taken at the scene on Sunday morning show the brick wall that fronts the employment agency collapsed into the office space itself with desks and monitors in close proximity to the impact zone. The incident was reported to police immediately and the suspect was apprehended at the scene before being taken to Albany Health Campus for a mental health assessment. She will appear in Albany Magistrates Court on October 26 on two counts of criminal damage and failing to report a traffic accident.