"I could smell the burning rubber. The pedestrians were yelling to get the car off them," said Kara L. Dwyer '98, who watched the accident from Although firefighters were standing ready with hoses as rescue workers treated the injured women, no fire broke out, and Kirkland House residents were not in danger, Reardon said. In response to the crash, emergency vehicles blocked off Mass. Ave. between Memorial Drive and Harvard Square. Five ambulances, two rescue fire trucks, a fire engine and a ladder engine were on the scene, as well as numerous police cruisers. The collision toppled 25 feet of historic ironwork fence and stone pylons. The pylons were expected to be removed from the brick sidewalk after the University's Environmental Health and Safety division had inspected the site for bodily fluids, according to Roger Baker, a Harvard Facilities Maintenance and Operations worker at the crash site. Replacing the fence, which is thought to date to the construction of Kirkland House's Smith Hall in 1914, could cost the University $20,000 if the stones can be salvaged, Baker said
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