A 23-year-old Parma woman is facing serious trouble after allegedly steering a Jeep Wrangler straight through a closed gate at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Brook Park last Tuesday, slamming into a metal fence and triggering a swift security and police response. She was treated by paramedics at the scene, taken to a hospital, and later arrested.
According to Cleveland.com, security guards and video show the Jeep heading northbound through the center’s controlled-access gate before smashing into the metal fence. The driver then ran from guards. Officers later found the woman lying on a stretcher, and paramedics transported her to Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital in Cleveland, where she received medical treatment and a psychological evaluation, the report said.
What Happened At Glenn
The John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, at 21000 Brookpark Road, is a controlled-access federal site with identification checks and traffic rules for anyone coming through the gates. NASA Glenn Research Center publishes the ground rules for visitors and vehicles, laying out how people are expected to enter, exit and move around the facility.
Security Standards For Vehicle Access
Federal entry-control points typically lean on heavy-duty hardware like crash-rated gates, bollards and other anti-ram barriers to stop or at least slow vehicles that should not be getting through. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains guidance and an approved list of anti-ram systems for the Department of Defense and other federal facilities. Those standards, which are based on ASTM F2656 testing, help determine what kind of security hardware belongs at guarded access points like the ones at Glenn.
Cleveland.com reported that the driver is a 23-year-old Parma resident, and noted that it was not clear as of the outlet’s latest update whether prosecutors had filed formal charges. According to the story, Brook Park police and Glenn Center security have not released additional details beyond describing the medical response and the woman’s arrest.
