unsinkable Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 (edited) No one is hurt, thank God! After midnight, a drunk driver hit DH's parked car so hard the car was pushed about 6 feet up onto the curb. The rear axle snapped, the gas tank ruptured (full tank of gas), the whole side is smashed in. The drunk driver then went up on Mr. Grumpypants lawn & tore it up a bit, continued onto the next neighbor's lawn where he snapped a maple sapling in half. He got caught on the stump for a bit but rocked his car off. He continued back onto the street, swiped 2 more cars doing "minor damage" and then drove to the next block and pulled into his garage and locked himself in. Dear mr. unsinkable was out taking the dog for a walk so he missed the initial excitement but after about 15 minutes I paged him to home. He probably got quite a shock when he turned the corner onto our block & saw mutiple police cars & a fire truck in front of our house along with about 20 neighbors. Another neighbor was watching his cat go potty :confused::D:confused: and witnessed the whole thing. I learned about car diapers (similar to meat diapers). The tow truck guy showed us these pads he has that soak up only petroleum products that he used to soak up the gas that was leaking onto his truck. That was pretty cool. I was struck with bouts of inappropriate laughter during the whole incident. It seemed so surreal. I had gone to bed with a migraine and DS woke me up b/c he was still awake and had heard the whole thing. In the light of day, it still seems bizarre! ETA: The driver was arrested. DH saw him cuffed on his own front lawn. Edited July 5, 2010 by unsinkable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Oh my word!!! So obviously they know who the culprit is then? Thank goodness no one was hurt in all of that. That jerk should consider himself VERY lucky :cursing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Glad everyone's okay! Hope the driver had insurance and they get him off the roads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avila Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Please say they arrested the culprit. That is awful! When I was a kid, we had a drunk man and two underage girls in a car run over our tree and into our front porch in the middle of our block. I still remember the chaos, even though I was only 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cindie2dds Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Wow! Glad no one was hurt. Did you see Mr. Grumpypant's face when he saw his "lawn"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca VA Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Wow...wow. What an adventure! I'm glad he was caught and you had witnesses. That should make replacing the car much easier. Hey, you'll get a new car out of all this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Holy cow. I'm glad no-one was hurt -- but I can't help feeling a bit of schadenfreude over Mr. Grumpypants lawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Holy cow. I'm glad no-one was hurt -- but I can't help feeling a bit of schadenfreude over Mr. Grumpypants lawn. :iagree: I am so sorry that your car got totaled, but I think your kids should go play ball in the front yard today :-). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Holy cow. I'm glad no-one was hurt -- but I can't help feeling a bit of schadenfreude over Mr. Grumpypants lawn. Yeah. I mean, that's awful, and a massive pain in the butt for you guys, and I'm really sorry. But......I want to laugh my head off about Mr. Grumpypants's lawn! I don't believe in karma, and certainly it wouldn't have totaled your car, but really - I wish I could have seen his face! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Wow! It's providential that no one was hurt. I hope they lock this jerk up for a very, very long time. But, I'd really love to know how Mr. GrumpyPants in love with his lawn took the shock...is he catatonic and drooling, perhaps? Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PollyOR Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 I'm so glad that your kids weren't hit. :grouphug: We had a mentally/behaviorally(?) challenged neighbor who took a joy ride in his sister's car early one morning while she was gone. He hit our parked truck. We live on a one-way loop, so he couldn't have been going very fast. I think the only reason he rang our doorbell at 4am was because he accidentally locked the keys in his car . :lol: Poor kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted July 6, 2010 Author Share Posted July 6, 2010 Update: Nothing really. We called the driver's insurance company twice. The driver hasn't reported the accident and hasn't returned the insurance company's calls so nothing can happen. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Update: Nothing really. We called the driver's insurance company twice. The driver hasn't reported the accident and hasn't returned the insurance company's calls so nothing can happen. :confused: But you've reported it and you have the police report (?)...shouldn't that do it :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptwoman Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Goodness, it's so lucky no one was injured!! Did the police arrest the man for DUI? And like the others I totally LOLed about Mr Grumpypants lawn :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Update: Nothing really. We called the driver's insurance company twice. The driver hasn't reported the accident and hasn't returned the insurance company's calls so nothing can happen. :confused: Call your insurance company. They can call the driver's insurance and check out the police report too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenL Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Very glad everyone is ok! I'm sorry about the car... I must say I did laugh about your neighbor's lawn though! I hope your insurance company can track down the driver's and get this taken care of for you and DH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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