So, I'm settling into my work this morning and heard a significant crunch outside. I run to the window in our bedroom and see something that looks fishy, then I hop into the bathtub in our master bath and yank the shade to see that a gold pickup has crashed through the neighbors yard taking out the light pole, their happy little tree and has come to rest about 3 feet from our fence.
The kid (probably 16) is ok, walking around his car, and trying to get his mom on the phone. I do my duty and call the Renton PD (who I'm pleased to say were on the scene in less than 10 minutes even though I said the kid didn't seem hurt.)
The neighbor in the yellow house that you can see in the first picture came storming across the street to yell at the kid for doing 60 on the street. I didn't see it, so I can't comment other than those damn kids from the high school do tend to drive fast.
I was able to snag a few photos that I thought might be fun, especially considering how LITTLE snow there is, and that the kid is fine. His airbag deployed, and while his truck is munched, he'll suffer little physical damage other than maybe a smack on the head from his mom. The Renton Light people were on the scene in less than 15 minutes and are already working out a new light.
This is the kids mom, who arrived in about 22 minutes comforting him with the mom hug. I didn't realize that I captured this picture, but it is rather sweet. Go MOMS!!!!
I got to meet some of the neighbors and exchanged some phone numbers. It seems smart. Thankfully the power pole was there to stop his forward slide or we would be posting (much later) pictures of his truck in our yard. We've talked about a rock retaining wall and if there's ever another incident we'll certainly move in that direction.
Oh - I got distracted and took a picture of our house and my flowers in the snow. How pretty.
1 comment:
What an idiot.
Damn kids...
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