| | Jen and I had pretty much decided to be lazy bums for most of the day and rest since we had such a busy day yesterday, and have another full day coming up tomorrow. So we were relaxing in the living room when we heard a very familiar noise. The squeal of tires on wet pavement and then a very loud thud. Our first thought as we ran to the front door was that we had a repeat of last summer. But no, this was quite different. This was a vehicle that had come down the hill facing our house, going too fast on the sharp bend, and lost control on the sharp curve and plowed down are mailbox! His dark purple Jeep Cherokee was stuck in the wet grass. In the time it took me to get dressed (about 30 seconds), he was already gone and I saw is vehicle disappear over the hill. So I grabbed my keys a decided to see if I could drive around and find him and get a license plate number (don't worry, I wasn't going to yank open any doors this time). While I was out driving around I called the cops. After having no luck I came back to wait for the cops to arrive with Jen. While we were talking to the neighbor (NJ) who also seen the accident, down the hill came the same purple jeep. A young guy (probably about 16) came out and owned up to it. Lucky for him he beat the cops by about 2 minutes otherwise he would have been in bigger trouble (i.e. hit and run). Turns out he had gotten scared and went home to tell his dad, who promptly told him to get his butt back over here and pay for the damage. We told the cops since he was going to pay, we wouldn't have the cop write up charges. I got his name and number (and just in case jotted down in plate number). So we got a whole two years out of that mailbox. Guess I know what I'll be doing this afternoon...       |
| | Posted 5/24/2009 12:44 PM - 94 Views - 6 eProps - 3 comments
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