Shit Happens
Well, our family has always had issues with vehicles... I think this incident might top it. So you know, Dad is alright. Just really shaken up, and angry at himself.
It seems the van's accelerator stuck, causing him to nudge the car. So he went to back up, and the van throttled into the house. Pulled forward, reflexivly, and the van again throttled...forward into the car.
All he wanted to do was turn the van around to jump his car (it wouldn't start, for some reason) off so he could get on to work... Poor Dad. :(
The car has had a history of electrical problems. The van tho, just - wtf. Yeah, that old ford hunk of steel suffered no damage. As Tasmin put it:
"It (the van) got in a fight with car, and the van won" - Tasmin
"Fought with the house, too... and still won!" - Mom
So... yeah, wow. After the fact, Dad was still insisting he had to go to work >< Thankfully Tasmin and Mom did not let him. For one, he was a little in shock; and B, the van has a mind of it's own now...
We had a deputy come and file two reports; one for Van vs. Car, and one for Van vs. House. Now Dad has been contacting insurance companies and what not; now we have a rent-a-car, for the weekend at least.
Oh, and my room is on the other side of the garage wall. However, the crash didn't wake me up - just Tasmin and Mom got up, on the other side of the house. >.>
Heh, wonder what kind of comments this post will get.
It seems the van's accelerator stuck, causing him to nudge the car. So he went to back up, and the van throttled into the house. Pulled forward, reflexivly, and the van again throttled...forward into the car.
All he wanted to do was turn the van around to jump his car (it wouldn't start, for some reason) off so he could get on to work... Poor Dad. :(
The car has had a history of electrical problems. The van tho, just - wtf. Yeah, that old ford hunk of steel suffered no damage. As Tasmin put it:
"It (the van) got in a fight with car, and the van won" - Tasmin
"Fought with the house, too... and still won!" - Mom
So... yeah, wow. After the fact, Dad was still insisting he had to go to work >< Thankfully Tasmin and Mom did not let him. For one, he was a little in shock; and B, the van has a mind of it's own now...
We had a deputy come and file two reports; one for Van vs. Car, and one for Van vs. House. Now Dad has been contacting insurance companies and what not; now we have a rent-a-car, for the weekend at least.
Oh, and my room is on the other side of the garage wall. However, the crash didn't wake me up - just Tasmin and Mom got up, on the other side of the house. >.>
Heh, wonder what kind of comments this post will get.