So a group of us are sitting out on Ryan and Chel's porch tonight, and two SUVs stop at the corner intersection just up from their drive. We couldn't tell whether or not they were fighting or just talking really loud. Next thing we know, up drives a Jeep Cherokee and we hear a loud crash -- knowing it had hit our Explorer parked off the street. It sounded BAD when it hit and we didn't know what we were going to find. But the two SUVs on the corner were blocking the Jeep in and the driver couldn't go anywhere. All the guys on the porch go out running towards our Explorer, and Ryan is screaming the tag number out loud so the Jeep driver could hear him. The Jeep driver was obviously trying to get out of there and had no intentions of stopping or checking out the damage. In the meantime, Todd dialed 911 to report the hit and run, and the other two SUVs moved to let the hit-and-runner out -- and the idiot takes off THE WRONG WAY down a busy one-way street. Turns out his tag was registered to a Gainesville address. (It had Univ. of Florida plates and was baby blue with grey trim -- so if you know the jerk let us know!)
Thankfully they just snapped our driver's side rearview mirror back, and Todd and Al popped it back into place and the motor in it still works. There was also a minor scratch on the wheel rim. It sounded *so much worse* to all of us though -- we felt really lucky! The cops said it wouldn't even be worth a report since we probably couldn't positively ID the person (just the car) and the damage would be nowhere near bothering with a deductible. The police couldn't find the Jeep when they searched for it either. But what a fun evening! Next time...we use the driveway...
My consolation prize is that they were in such a hurry to get out of there they probably wet themselves. I only hope they were drunk and got pulled over somewhere for reckless driving...bastards! :-)
¤ ¤ posted by Todd on September 22, 2001 at 03:28 AM ¤ ¤
Stupid people SUCK! Glad to hear the damange was so minimal and ya'll are OK.
¤ ¤ posted by Angela on September 22, 2001 at 09:11 AM ¤ ¤
The bastards! I hope the noise you heard was their Jeep getting seriously crushed with body damage :)
¤ ¤ posted by Nikki on September 22, 2001 at 02:12 PM ¤ ¤
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