A truck plowed into my living room today

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:26 am

We're alright... Somehow... The house and driver on the other hand...

Pictures and description to come in the next few days...

nightowl · Post by **nightowl** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:33 am

glad everybody is ok!

Guess your house got in the way of the truck LOL!

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:56 am

That sucks man, must be a disaster there.

I do love these types of pipcs though so I will eagerly await them.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:10 am

Glad you are ok.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:28 am

Kyle wrote:We're alright... Somehow... The house and driver on the other hand...

Pictures and description to come in the next few days...

good to hear that you're ok,

was the driver drunk ? on the phone ? elderly ?

The Dude · Post by **The Dude** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:16 pm

Glad everyone is OK. A similar thing happened to me years ago. A car actually. The street in front of my house is on a very steep hill. A woman parked her car about a half a block up the street and left it in drive. After she got out and went into her house the car slowly started to back down the street. My guess is once the compression bleed of in the cylinders the motor started to turn over. It went down the hill though an intersection and then bounced off of the curb on the opposite side of the street. Then it went though my neighbors drive way opening, across my lawn, and hit a brick planter just a feet from my house. It totaled the planter and pushed the corner of my picture window in a couple of inches. If the brick planter hadn't have been there I think the car would have ended up in my living room. Would have pushed in the foundation too. About 30 minutes latter I saw a woman walking down the hill looking for her car.

On the plus side her insurance replaced my living room window and nobody got hurt.

MissTynker2 · Post by **MissTynker2** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:22 pm

Pleased your household is ok...not so the driver?

It's a sad thing...but the house can be repaired.

OSULLY · Post by **OSULLY** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:54 pm

Thats got to be a real shocker.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:35 pm

What an idiot! Was this driver drinking or was it just an asian woman?

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:27 pm

Did the driver hang up afterward?

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:25 pm

Sava700 wrote:Did the driver hang up afterward?

The driver died on impact. Nobody should see a human body like that.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:52 pm

So did you get some pics?

Not of the dead guy but the overall scene?

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:47 am

Living Room Before:

Living Room After: That is my roommate, exactly where he was sitting at the time of the crash. How he survived with only a minor cut is beyond belief.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:52 am

that's a lot of damage,

crazy stuff !

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:32 am

That's amazing.
Glad no one else was hurt.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 3:27 am

Damn, thats a hell of a hit.

triniwasp · Post by **triniwasp** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 3:40 am

Man, that is nuts, glad you and yours are ok. Sorry to hear about the driver.

nightowl · Post by **nightowl** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:33 am

ouch that is alot of damage. Look at the bright side. be glad its summer and looks like you'll get a new TV if you have renters insurance!

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:03 am

Not sure if the roof was sagging before, however, there is quite a bit of structural damage... I would make sure that it is checked out by a structural engineer before occupying it again... Even though no damage has been done to the back of the house, trusses/bracing, etc., often rely upon other areas for support...

What I am trying to say (It is still too early in the morning for me.) is that you need to find another place to live until the structure has been thoroughly checked... (ie., whole roof could collapse, wiring shorts cause fire, etc...)

Did you rent or own? Insurance?

Debbie · Post by **Debbie** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:40 am

Thank God you are alright!

Gixxer · Post by **Gixxer** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:26 am

damn dude. that is crazy. glad you are ok. not sure there is a bright side to any of this.

on the flip side, you will get a small remodeling job.

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:32 am

Ken wrote:Not sure if the roof was sagging before, however, there is quite a bit of structural damage... I would make sure that it is checked out by a structural engineer before occupying it again... Even though no damage has been done to the back of the house, trusses/bracing, etc., often rely upon other areas for support...

What I am trying to say (It is still too early in the morning for me.) is that you need to find another place to live until the structure has been thoroughly checked... (ie., whole roof could collapse, wiring shorts cause fire, etc...)

Did you rent or own? Insurance?

It's a rental, our landlord has us in a hotel until the inspectors decide whether or not it can be rebuilt, and we decide whether or not we want to live there.

You're right about the structural damage, two concrete columns which supported the living room area are gone, the entire house has shifted on it's other support columns by almost two inches, and there are stress cracks and buckles along drywall seems throughout all the back rooms.

Oh, and that roof did not sag before. It was supported by brick pillars and 6x6 wood columns which ended up in multiple pieces twenty feet away. The fire department wedged those two boards under it in an effort to minimize stress on the rest of the house but it's obviously not safe to be near.

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:33 am

Gixxer wrote:damn dude. that is crazy. glad you are ok. not sure this is a bright side to any of this.

on the flip side, you will get a small remodeling job.

Unfortunately, our landlord finished the remodel less than two weeks ago, the house was entirely new from the frame up.

Gixxer · Post by **Gixxer** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:45 am

Kyle wrote:Unfortunately, our landlord finished the remodel less than two weeks ago, the house was entirely new from the frame up.

it sounds as though you have some luck comparable to mine.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:40 pm

wow... massive damage.

What I meant by the hang up comment was I was willing to say the driver was on a damn cell phone while driving when it happened. Far too many reports have shown even with hands free you really shouldn't be on them when driving.

Curious to hear about the cause later on if you add to it...not to mention the drivers insurance paying for you a new house!

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:44 pm

Sava700 wrote:
Curious to hear about the cause later on if you add to it...not to mention the drivers insurance paying for you a new house!

No doubt, what the hell happened?

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:02 pm

Kyle wrote:Unfortunately, our landlord finished the remodel less than two weeks ago, the house was entirely new from the frame up.

you're renting that house ?

do you have renters ins !

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:04 pm

Humboldt wrote:No doubt, what the hell happened?

All we know until the police report comes out is that he was a college age kid who was a frat pledge coming from a frat party. Clearly alcohol and possibly other substances were involved.

We found this in our living room, and NONE of us drink "natty light."

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:08 pm

Dan wrote: you're renting that house ?

do you have renters ins !

Since we're all students our personal property is covered by each of our parents home owner insurance.

Property wise we're only out a few pieces of furniture and there's only a tiny scratch on the TV. After deductibles an insurance claim may not even be worth it, but we're still calculating all that up.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:43 pm

How is your room mate doing?

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:44 pm

CableDude wrote:How is your room mate doing?

He's alright, got checked out at a hospital to be safe. Obviously pretty shaken up but he's coming back to his normal self.

Gixxer · Post by **Gixxer** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:28 pm

was this on the news?

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:08 pm

Gixxer wrote:was this on the news?

Not yet, surprisingly.

Gixxer · Post by **Gixxer** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:11 pm

Kyle wrote:Not yet, surprisingly.

that is a surprise. especially with the spin of frat/college drinking.

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:18 pm

Gixxer wrote:that is a surprise. especially with the spin of frat/college drinking.

The police report is not out yet, i'm guessing it's waiting on autopsy and toxicology results. Some stories will probably come out about it once the report is published.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:02 pm

Kyle wrote:He's alright, got checked out at a hospital to be safe. Obviously pretty shaken up but he's coming back to his normal self.