More Carnage

More Carnage

Well, here I am. Back at work. Sitting in my cubicle. I can think of exactly 359 other places I'd rather (or need to) be.

So, have you enjoyed the carnage? We haven't. In fact, my stomach starts churning every time I look out the apartment window down at the parking lot.

I guess by now you all have a pretty good idea of what happened. However, for the sake of not being my usual ambiguious self, I'll fill you in.

Apparently, at around 2:00am on Saturday (Dec. 29) a car came absolutely FLYING through the parking lot of our apartment complex in Richmond. It looks like they got out of control coming around the corner, locked up the brakes and slid for about 15 feet where it made contact with Olivia's teal Cavalier. Her car was backed into the second parking spot from the corner and it came to rest at a 30 degree angle to the curb with one wheel up on the curb. Oh, and the front end was totally annhilated.

The out-of-control car knocked Olivia's car out of the way and continued sliding until it hit our neighbor's Chrysler sedan, sliding it sideways about 5 feet, from the looks of the marks that were left behind.

When the initial impact happened, a witness said that the suspect's air bag deployed, and the car shut off. The suspect then sat there for a couple of seconds, restarted the vehicle and then sped away. But, they left behind some good evidence that the Police and an investigator have already sorted through: some maroon Nissan parts. The investigators are treating this like a felony and think it's a Nissan sedan..maybe an Altima or Sentra. Nobody has been caught yet, that we know of. I can't imagine that the suspect's car was very driveable after an impact like that.

As most of you know, Olivia and I weren't even in the state when this happened. We were in Vermont spending the holidays with my parents and my sister. We didn't even find out about this until late Sunday night through Olivia's parents. My truck, luckily, was safe in Mom and Dad's garage in Bridgewater. If it would have been in its normal corner spot, it would have gotten totally creamed, too. I'm thankful for that.

So, that's the story. Olivia's staying home today from work to sort things out with the Police, the investigators, and the insurance company.

Thanks to Mike, Lauren, Lauren's friend Chris, Chris Holloman, Brian, and Paul for throwing an awesome New Year's party and helping Olivia and I forget about reality for a night. You guys rock. There's nothing like having good friends.

Posted by Jeff at January 2, 2002 10:47 AM