That was the plan.
I was laughing at something on the television.. I don't remember what all I remember is the sound of brakes and I thought somebody really needed to slow down. About that time they slowed down all right.. briefly cause I heard the crunch. Did I give my husband a gentle shake or just whack him awake? I don't remember. "Someone hit something out there."
At the time, I didn't give thought to what but was anyone hurt? I threw flannel pajamas on and by the time I got outside there were several people out there. All of them neighbors but no crunched car which meant no injured passengers or driver in the car. At least..not still there. I could leave the phone in the house but why were they all gathered in front of our house?
It seems, whoever hit whatever turned out to be one of our work trucks. The skid marks extend beyond our neighbor's home which suggest the driver was speeding and lost control of the car. So, he or she hit a parked truck. There is a wicked evil part that is at least satisfied that if he's going to hit and run then at least his vehicle has suffered more damage than ours. But there is still the over riding worry that someone was hurt and are they okay.
Once it all sank in, I looked once again at the gathered group of people. You can tell who had been in bed and who hadn't. It's cold out there and there was not one that took the time for a coat. Some were dressed as if they'd never been to bed. There was at least one with no shirt even they all just hurried out and were all discussing what happened. Unfortunately nobody saw it to even know what kind of car it was.
The skid marks leave enough of a story to suggest the driver side missed the majority of the impact so I hope he didn't have a passenger in the car. Now, to find out if any unseen damage was done and if so.. does it raise one's insurance when someone hit your truck while you were inside sleeping? Probably because I believe insurance rates are based on claims you make and not fault.
There is another overwhelming feeling of relief that the person driving like an idiot did so at night when there where no children out playing.
UPDATE: Seems the driver and his dad came here earlier and spoke to my husband. The son fell asleep at the wheel and by the time he woke up it was too late, he was going too fast and lost control. He didn't know what to do cause it was so late so called his dad. My husband told the young one that since he came and did as a man should do, he'd not make a claim nor sue. Neither the young man nor his girlfriend were hurt but his car was messed up pretty badly. His dad said he was pretty scared and suspects this won't be happening again. I hope not.. he was lucky this time.
