PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — An SUV struck the Dough Boy World War I monument in Petersburg on Thursday, toppling the statue and prompting the city to arrange for a crane to restore it to its previous position.
Police responded to the intersection of South Sycamore Street and North Boulevard at 10:35 a.m. for a crash in the area. Officers arrived an located an unoccupied SUV that had hit the monument at the location.
The monument was eventually moved back to its upright position.
