Crash, fire, ticket

[tucker rocky]

Driver gets in wreck, sees his home catch fire, gets ticket
AP
Posted: 2008-05-09 17:28:51
ROCK ISLAND, Tenn. (AP) - One moment, Justin Hill was turning into his driveway. Minutes later he was being flown to a hospital as his home went up in flames. Then he got a traffic ticket.

Hill, 42, got into a crash after turning into the path of an oncoming car Tuesday evening, said Tennessee Highway Patrol Officer Monte Terry. Hill's wife heard the crash and ran outside, leaving the kitchen stove, where she had been cooking, unattended.

Within minutes, their Rock Island trailer was on fire, and firefighters who had responded to the accident found themselves fighting the blaze.

The rural central Tennessee home had extensive damage. Hill was treated at the hospital and released, but he was cited in the accident for failure to yield.

[Wolfpack]

So, this is the redneck equivalent of a Gordie Howe hat trick?

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by tucker rocky

Driver gets in wreck, sees his home catch fire, gets ticket
AP
Posted: 2008-05-09 17:28:51
ROCK ISLAND, Tenn. (AP) - One moment, Justin Hill was turning into his driveway. Minutes later he was being flown to a hospital as his home went up in flames. Then he got a traffic ticket.

Hill, 42, got into a crash after turning into the path of an oncoming car Tuesday evening, said Tennessee Highway Patrol Officer Monte Terry. Hill's wife heard the crash and ran outside, leaving the kitchen stove, where she had been cooking, unattended.

Within minutes, their Rock Island trailer was on fire, and firefighters who had responded to the accident found themselves fighting the blaze.

The rural central Tennessee home had extensive damage. Hill was treated at the hospital and released, but he was cited in the accident for failure to yield.

So the car he turned into was coming out of his "driveway"? This story was poorly written.

[ISiddiqui]

No (unless I'm reading it wrong), he was turning into his driveway (making a left seemingly) and while doing so turned into an oncoming car.

[flere-imsaho]

And I thought I had some sucky days.