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The vehicle that ran into the pergola Thursday morning took out a pole and damaged a fence near the corner of First Avenue and Yesler Way. (Photo by Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times) The poor pergola. A light pole that is part of the historic cast- and wrought-iron pergola complex in Pioneer Square was damaged by a truck…

A truck stayed put in order to do no further damage after it hit the pergola in Pioneer Square Thursday evening. (Danny Gawlowski / The Seattle Times)on Thursday, April 12, 2012. UPDATE | 4:51 p.m.   The Seattle parks department plans to install a sturdier post to protect the historic pergula after it…