I was sitting with the fam watching TV when my daughter comes out of her room and says "Dad did you just hear that?" I said "Hear what?" She tells me that she just heard something skid and then heard a crash and she things someone just crashed outside.
I live on the inside of a 90 degree turn which my son call's the "drunk web" because drunks seem to not make it around the turn. They make it part way and then run off and hits some trees and get stuck. They are always trying to get away. I don't like it when drunks crash in front of my house because it really makes me feel like you could have just killed on of my kids or my wife.
I ran out there with no coat or shoes on. I noticed that the vehicle had some kind of plates FF or FP but I could not tell which. I got to his window and saw he had a patch on his shoulder and something on his hat. I told hime to roll the window down (so I could smell his breath). I quickly could smell the vodka and knew it was another drunk. He was trying to back out but I reached in and turned off the truck. I tried to get the keys but they would not come out. He was pleading with me to let him go and he was trying to get my hands off the keys. I told him that it wasn't going to happen.
He told me he wasn't drunk and that he had slipped on a patch of ice. (the streets were dry). I had one hand on his keys and the other hand on his left shoulder holding him. He was bleeding from the head and maybe other places. My neighbor and son were out there with flashlights. He continued to struggle, plead and try to try to pry my hand off the keys. I had to shove him pretty hard over to the passengers side to get him to stop and I did not know if he had any weapons. I told my son to call 911.
Again I had to shove the guy and tell him to keep his hands on the steering wheel. When I pushed him the second time I felt the key release button on the ignition. So I pushed it and pulled the keys out, handing them back to my son. Then I let the guy sit back up and I took my hands off of him. He reached for the ignition and the keys were gone. He kind of sunk and said "Give my keys back".
The cops got there and asked if he was fire deptartment. "yes, I am". (the cop told me later that he was a 23 year firefighter). SOme of the fire guys knew who he was when they got there. Also, the cop asked if he had come through the intersection a few miles back. He said he had not. But the cop said "Well, I think you did because I saw you and you stopped in the middle of the intersection". "I should have pulled you ver then".
Now I ask my son to go get me some shoes, a coat and my wallet (wasn't sure if the cop was going to see my gun so I wanted to have my LTCH).
He was under arrest but they took him by ambulance for now. In his console was a bottle of vodka. I think he had another bottle in the truck also.
I feel bad for a guy that serves like this but when he comes to my house where he could hurt my family or someone else, I loose all respect. How many times has this guy pulled dead people out of a car because of a drunk driver? My wife thinks that they will probably fudge the record for him and he will skate on this. Probably so.
This now brings my drunk driver apprehension count to 3 different ones that I have had to physically restrain. 1 hit and run driver and two on this same corner outside my house. The corner also collected one that I was not at home for when another girl - high on drugs ran into the trees and was trapped inside the burning car. My neighbor and a police officer were able to get her out before she died.
Be careful out there folks and think before you drink and drive. Thankfully he hit a fence and some trees and not my family. Thank God for His protection over my family
I live on the inside of a 90 degree turn which my son call's the "drunk web" because drunks seem to not make it around the turn. They make it part way and then run off and hits some trees and get stuck. They are always trying to get away. I don't like it when drunks crash in front of my house because it really makes me feel like you could have just killed on of my kids or my wife.
I ran out there with no coat or shoes on. I noticed that the vehicle had some kind of plates FF or FP but I could not tell which. I got to his window and saw he had a patch on his shoulder and something on his hat. I told hime to roll the window down (so I could smell his breath). I quickly could smell the vodka and knew it was another drunk. He was trying to back out but I reached in and turned off the truck. I tried to get the keys but they would not come out. He was pleading with me to let him go and he was trying to get my hands off the keys. I told him that it wasn't going to happen.
He told me he wasn't drunk and that he had slipped on a patch of ice. (the streets were dry). I had one hand on his keys and the other hand on his left shoulder holding him. He was bleeding from the head and maybe other places. My neighbor and son were out there with flashlights. He continued to struggle, plead and try to try to pry my hand off the keys. I had to shove him pretty hard over to the passengers side to get him to stop and I did not know if he had any weapons. I told my son to call 911.
Again I had to shove the guy and tell him to keep his hands on the steering wheel. When I pushed him the second time I felt the key release button on the ignition. So I pushed it and pulled the keys out, handing them back to my son. Then I let the guy sit back up and I took my hands off of him. He reached for the ignition and the keys were gone. He kind of sunk and said "Give my keys back".
The cops got there and asked if he was fire deptartment. "yes, I am". (the cop told me later that he was a 23 year firefighter). SOme of the fire guys knew who he was when they got there. Also, the cop asked if he had come through the intersection a few miles back. He said he had not. But the cop said "Well, I think you did because I saw you and you stopped in the middle of the intersection". "I should have pulled you ver then".
Now I ask my son to go get me some shoes, a coat and my wallet (wasn't sure if the cop was going to see my gun so I wanted to have my LTCH).
He was under arrest but they took him by ambulance for now. In his console was a bottle of vodka. I think he had another bottle in the truck also.
I feel bad for a guy that serves like this but when he comes to my house where he could hurt my family or someone else, I loose all respect. How many times has this guy pulled dead people out of a car because of a drunk driver? My wife thinks that they will probably fudge the record for him and he will skate on this. Probably so.
This now brings my drunk driver apprehension count to 3 different ones that I have had to physically restrain. 1 hit and run driver and two on this same corner outside my house. The corner also collected one that I was not at home for when another girl - high on drugs ran into the trees and was trapped inside the burning car. My neighbor and a police officer were able to get her out before she died.
Be careful out there folks and think before you drink and drive. Thankfully he hit a fence and some trees and not my family. Thank God for His protection over my family
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