Damn Rich, Sure hope things start to go better for you. Have a safe
trip. Doug Odom in big ditch.
Richard Fox wrote:
>I am leaving for the salt Monday morning. So today is for hitting the ATM,
>grocery store, doing laundry and loading the truck. But first things first.
>Feed the cats. 6 am I'm feeding the cats, when your average suburban rice
>rocket blasts through the concrete block wall, that separates my yard from the
>city property.
>He's moving fast enough to push concrete blocks 50 ft. into the quarter panel
>of my Hawk, producing a nice dent and removing a hunk of bondo I didn't know
>about.
>Seriously compromised suspension, ivy in the grill, concrete block stuck under
>the car, and 4 flat tires are not enough to hold this guy back. He maneuvers
>between my Hawk and the '68 Cougar, whose owner got a T10 from me, leaving a
>small paint smudge on the Merc's front bumper, back on to the street and out
>on to 101 North. For about 150 yards when he hit another car, a Pepsi truck
>and the center divide.
>So I call San Mateo PD and the freeway people call CHP. Later I am watching on
>of SMPDs finest driving around, looking for the corner, and the rescue people
>out on the freeway. The local officer finally finds me, and decides this must
>have been done on purpose. I say "I don't think so. But why don't you go out
>on the freeway and ask him?" Cop looks and says "That's a Pepsi truck, not
>part of this." I say " There are three cars out there among all the red
>lights, and one of them is the guy who did this." So he goes out and
>then his supervisor shows up, and he goes out to the freeway, and comes back
>to tell me SMPD is leaving it all to the CHP.
>About one and a half hour later the CHP come to my door and tell me the guy
>was not drunk, but was passed out when they got there. He has no recollection
>of the accident, doesn't know where he was coming from or where he was going.
>But thinks he has insurance. For $10 in 2 or 3 weeks they will give me an
>accident report. And have a nice day.
>I'll worry about this when I get back. Rich Fox
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