Crash and Bang – Day 856

Crash and Bang – Photo: L. Weikel

Crash and Bang

 I’m rushing to write my post tonight because our evening was interrupted by a terribly loud crash and bang just outside our door. Just about 90 minutes ago, Karl and I were winding down our evening. We raced to our front door, fearing what we’d see when we opened the door.

Two vehicles tore down our road, not stopping at the stop sign at the intersection with the larger thoroughfare. Something had been crashed into and we only hoped it wasn’t another vehicle.

Luckily, it was ‘only’ our mailbox.

But wow – what a number they did on it. That baby’s demolished. We can only imagine the damage to the car or truck’s front end. But after looking at the damage more closely, we’re wondering if it may have been a pick-up truck, since it’s doubtful a regular car could’ve driven away from the scene. And even if it had, it probably wouldn’t have gotten very far.

No, this was driven right over (there are even tire tracks visible along the entire post), so the body of the vehicle was probably extra high. (Sharing a characteristic with its driver, one wonders.)

Crushed – Photo: L. Weikel

Police Were Here

So after calling the police and having everything documented, the adrenalin is still running a bit high.

Of course, we’re beyond grateful that no one was hurt. No people were injured nor were any animals injured. Two HUGE pluses. The second tier of pluses is that no one’s car or home was damaged.

If the worst was the property damage to our (really cool) mailbox, then I guess we’re lucky.

It’s upsetting nevertheless.

Tire tracks – mowed right over – Photo: L. Weikel

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