Originally Posted by
SunlitenSmiles
Wow this brings back memories. Couple of years ago i was sitting at my sewing machine my back to the bay window (great light) and i heard breaks screeching, turned around and a car had lost control and was comming across all four lanes headed straight for my window, fortunately there were two very mature italian cypress and his car did not fit between them, the trees caught the car and maybe saved a couple of lives but they are gone now
and i sew beside the window now....where i could bail out if i had to and i have photos of sewing machines. Thanks for the reminder because it is time to update photos !
When our event happened - I don't like to call it an accident because he chose to drive - I was closing down the house for the evening. DH and DS were in bed with our younger Boxer and a foster. Our old girl and I were in the living room listening to the news to find out the weather for the next day. Suddenly I heard the truck coming, look up and saw headlights heading right for me. He took out 2 of the crabapple trees in our front yard and brought them with him. (You can see them in the pictures after the truck was pulled.)
The only reason that I survived is that the slab of the front porch straightened his front wheels and made him come in straight instead of at the original angle. So I ended up under the engine of the truck rather than under the tire. The sheriff figured out that he was traveling about 52mph when he hit the porch. The EMTs could not get me out from under the truck until a tow truck came and moved it. I had a partial fracture of my right hip socket, obviously a dislocated hip and 2nd/3rd degree burns on my right hip and thigh. Compared to what it could have been, I was blessed.
When the driver was arrested, it was discovered that he had been convicted of 8 previous DWIs. AND he was out of jail with 10 hours while I was hospitalized for 20 days.
My husband being somewhat of an SOB sometimes, sends the driver a birthday card every year and includes a copy of the picture showing the tailgate in my front window. But it probably hasn't help. He will only quit when he dies. Hopefully, he doesn't take someone with him.