[tcb] Re: The eskimo bus has been hit

  • From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 08:31:23 -0500

Oh my God that sucks!
Did you get a license plate number?
That just makes me angry!
Sorry to hear about your misfortune, but at least you or your family
didn't get banged up.


Eskimeaux wrote:
> Just drove 7 miles to Mark and Em house to borrow some tow lights for
> the bus to tow it to the Spring for a weekend of fun. Half way back
> sitting at a stop sign, waiting my turn to go and a drunk driver
> smashes into the front drivers side of the bus! I get out look at the
> damage he doesn't move then I see him trying to back up but someone is
> behind him blocking him, I step in front of his truck asking him
> repeatedly asking him to off his truck and he looks at me with drunken
> confusion, three minutes I stand in front of his truck asking him to
> turn it off then he puts it in drive and begins to roll towards me. I
> jump out of the way and some cars behind me at the stop sign swerve in
> front of him to stop him and he goes into the ditch hit a 45 MPH speed
> sign and keeps flying down the road. Two witnesses stayed one a pi and
> the other a undercover officer, the undercover agent try to chase him
> but he gets away. Turns out the guy has already had 2 DUI's (well
> informed tow truck driver that knows the officer) and the police know
> him. Couldn't drive the bus as the fender, wheel well bent into the
> front drivers side tire. Tow truck home 80 bucks, still amped up on
> adrenalin and already wondering where to take the bus to have it
> fixed. I didn't want to try and pull him out of the truck (ford f 150
> red) as he was clearly wasted and much bigger then my lean athletic
> frame small humor is a moment of sadness, and once I saw in his eyes
> he was going to drive over me I jumped. This is so not good! OK that's
> my sad story. We have talked about insurance on here so I will let
> everyone know how Hagerty full coverage with a Agreed value of 20 k
> works out. 
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> Guy's where should I take my deluxe 1966 type II too?
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> He was turning right onto the road I was on swung way wide and his
> drivers front end hit my drivers front end.
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> Didn't have a camera to take pictures at the seen but soon I will have
> lots of pictures of the damage
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> /Bummed out  Cajun Eskimo AKA Christopher Dirksen /
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