A woman lost control of her vehicle downtown a block from the P-C office at Houdini Plaza where a blood drive was occurring. She would have plowed into the crowd had it not been for a lamppost and signal box.

Appleton Police Department Community Service Officer Matt Nabbefeld cleans up broken glass from a downed lightpost following an auto accident, background, at North Appleton Street and West College Avenue in downtown Appleton, Wis., Thursday morning, July 13, 2006.