...that this drunk driver hit the tree in front of my parent's house INSTEAD of their house, and that no one was killed.
Not a great way to wake up at almost two in the morning, but it could have been much worse. My mom called 911 and my dad dragged the driver out and laid him in the driveway, while the drunk's girlfriend tossed the beer bottles out of the car in a drunken frenzy to hide the evidence. Real classy.
Second picture is the street light, also hit, which fell after the actual crash and also could have killed someone. The lights in the background are at my parents' front door.
Over the years this poor old tree, and it's twin on the other side of the verge, have been hit many times. That's practically a crime out there in dry Wyoming, where trees are almost scarcer than people. Once when the trees were young, they weren't enough to completely stop the car and it DID hit the house. God protected my mom and her four siblings that night as well.
Thank you Lord, for those two trees, protecting my mom's house through her childhood and over the past many years. Looks like this one will make it through one more drunk driver at least.
How scary. I'm glad to hear that everyone in the house was okay.
Posted by: Jenn D | 09/25/2008 at 09:56 AM
Eek! I'm glad to hear your parents weren't hurt and neither was their house! I think I'd plant another tree or two just in case.
Posted by: Rhonda | 09/25/2008 at 07:19 PM
OMgoodness!! I can't believe no one was hurt!
Posted by: Brandi Wiggins | 09/27/2008 at 01:12 PM
How scary. Thank goodness no one was hurt and the house wasn't damaged!!! Don't ever move your tree, sounds like a lifesaver.
Posted by: Jennifer | 09/29/2008 at 05:09 AM
Our neighbors (the dad and oldest daughter 14) hit head on Jon's co-worker's/carpool buddy's truck head on the other morning! Our neighbors were going to work and school and Kevin was coming home from working 3rd shift. No one was hurt more than bad bruising, but it was BAD, the truck rolled and tire FLEW off they still have not found it. Both cars totaled, PTL no one was hurt any more than they were!!!
Posted by: Carrie | 10/07/2008 at 03:38 PM