Well I could have done without that

[davidgillon]

1:15AM crash into my back garden wall, just what I needed.

Driver had apparently done a runner before I got around to check. Front of the car was trashed, and engine was extremely not happy. Wall looks okay but the streetlight will never be the same again. Fire engine turned up first, and decided to stay on scene until the police arrived, which took 45 minutes. Apparently they had to come all the way from Sheppey - 20 miles away by road. Where the Medway cops were I have no idea. One of them took a good look inside and reported not only a strong scent of booze, but pills everywhere.

It's now 3:30AM and the recovery vehicle has just left. Pretty much guaranteed they'll start on the streetlight with an angle-grinder the moment I get to sleep

Comments

[kaberett]

Ooof.

[davidgillon]

According to my neighbour, who slept through it, Highways didn't start on the lamp post until 8:30AM, and didn't actually take it down until about noon, which explains why it was there when I briefly surfaced at 11AM, but not when I woke up again two hours later. If there were angle grinders, I slept through them.

[kaberett]

Glad to hear it!