I woke up this morning to what sounded like a moving van being really loud trying to pull something. Then I hear, “Can someone call 911? We need an ambulance over here!” So I go outside to check it out.
A wreck, obviously. But I couldn’t quite figure out what had happened, until a man at the corner asked if my car was mine.
“Yes…”
A man had veered off the road onto the sidewalk, sideswiping my car in the process. He proceeded to continue down the sidewalk, tearing up all the neighbors’ fences, until he somehow swerved and came to a rest on the porch, two doors down from mine.
Turns out, the driver had some kind of medical problem and didn’t even realize he had crashed. His foot was still on the gas after he hit the house! A neighbor ran over, turned off his car and sat with him until the ambulance showed up, along with the rest of the cop cars and even a few firetrucks.
My mirror was halfway knocked off, and the left part of the bumper smashed in. But, still drivable. And, thankfully, nobody was hurt. Aside from the ailing man, my car and the neighbors’ fences, anyway. Just waiting for the final report to be filed now, so I can get my poor little car fixed up! So much for going to the gym this morning…
I posted the photos on Facebook as I was taking them, and leave it to one of my friends to see the silver lining in the matter:
