[tcb] Re: The eskimo bus has been hit
- From: thingmon@xxxxxxxxx
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 20:40:34 -0700 (PDT)
Been there and feel your pain. Not for nothing, but be thankful it was only
the bus. Hopefully it can be fixed.
--- On Wed, 5/21/08, Eskimeaux <cajun-eskimo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Eskimeaux <cajun-eskimo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] The eskimo bus has been hit
> To: "Texas Coalition of busses" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 11:11 PM
> 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.
>
> Guy's where should I take my deluxe 1966 type II too?
>
> 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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