Odd things happen
@GardenGerty (157551)
United States
April 17, 2017 3:41pm CST
My brother lives in a parsonage most of the time, but has bought a rural property with a house, looking toward retirement. Many of our family gatherings take place at the rural property.
In preparation for a family Easter dinner on Sunday, my brother took items out to his rural home at about 9 pm Saturday night.
At that time he had a mailbox. It was enclosed in brick and stands at the end of his driveway, near the road.
When we arrived there at 1:00 pm Sunday afternoon, my brother found these remains in the picture. Oh and there was a note, possibly a traffic report, in his door.(seems picture that I resized is not loading, I will add it later)
I guess at eleven that morning a lady hit his mail box. Hard. She evidently was out of control, as the carnage extended about 150 feet. She tore up the embankment. We guess she is okay.
I need to email these photos to my brother for his insurance. Meanwhile he is concerned how he will get his mail. There were bricks scattered all along the torn up ground. I may add more pictures to comments.
It does not appear that any person, or animal, was injured. We are wondering if she had to have a tow truck.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
17 Apr 17
Well, he was not at the house when it happened, he was in the middle of a church service. We wonder if she was taken to the hospital or jail. She did leave contact information and insurance information.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
18 Apr 17
@GardenGerty thats good. lets hope she and anyone else is okay at least. i am sure she would not have left all the info if she did not entend to do right
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
19 Apr 17
@bunnybon7 From the looks of things she may have needed help to get her vehicle on the road, possibly a wrecker. There are enough neighbors within eye and ear shot they would have reported her. Something this obvious is hard to sneak away from in the daylight.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
17 Apr 17
She must have left her details somewhere so as he can claim in the Insurance.
Wonder if she got hurt as well as it sounds very drastic her hitting the wall and the Postbox like that.
Perhaps she has already sorted it out and I hope she has for your Brother.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
17 Apr 17
The Note brother found in his door had a square code (QR Code?) and had all of her contact information. He said it did not look like a police report, however he does not see a lot of police reports. . . this may have been the new style. They do know who it was. Yes, the mailbox in its brick setting was about four feet tall. I hope I can get busy and find a way to make the pictures post.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
18 Apr 17
@GardenGerty seems to have posted very well
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
17 Apr 17
@GardenGerty
Well so glad your Brother is safe.
I thought that like over here you have to go to the Police and say what has happened and all that and give a detailed report of it.
Otherwise they go and get you to do it.
So I would say I did it if it happened that way things do happen.
What a blow to the Post Box wow.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
17 Apr 17
Well he was a few miles away, in town, preaching an Easter sermon at the time it happened. He was glad that the information was left for him to pursue a claim.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
19 Apr 17
@DianneN She certainly was not in control. Other pictures show where she plowed into the embankment along the front of the property.
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@DianneN (246838)
• United States
17 Apr 17
@GardenGerty Looking at that photo, she must have been going at top speed! Glad the info was left for him. What a mess!
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
19 Apr 17
Yeah, my brother says he would not want anyone to be hurt. She was in a F 150 Ford pick up, but from the looks of the ground around she quite likely could not drive away. I wonder if she was trying to avoid an animal (deer, skunk, raccoon) in the road.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
22 Apr 17
Yes, and he is already dealing with insurance on this.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
23 Apr 17
@paigea Definitely. Sometimes you cannot make up stuff that is stranger than the truth.
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@paigea (35693)
• Canada
22 Apr 17
@GardenGerty It must be interesting to be an insurance agent sometimes. I had to call our insurance when the neighbour went on some kind of drunken rampage and smashed his car repeatedly into everything in his yard and ended up knocking over the power pole. It was hot weather and we had no power for 3 days so were worried about our freezer etc. and about what it would cost to put up a new power pole.
Another neighbour/tenant had a fire start from the heat lamp in his dog house?! We were in a duplex and that fire caused a lot of damage. Luckily the insurance took care of that. Their hope was to collect from the fellow who caused the fire but that was a no go.
Now we live in the country and have no neighbours! 
But I thing insurance agents must hear and lot of interesting stuff.
But I thing insurance agents must hear and lot of interesting stuff.1 person likes this
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
17 Apr 17
At least she left her info and no one got hurt as far as you know.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
17 Apr 17
We are hoping she is okay. It seems like she maybe clipped the end of the mailbox and then went out of control and skidded along the embankment going up to the side of his property.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
18 Apr 17
She sure scrunched the mail box didn't she? Makes you wonder.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
19 Apr 17
Well, from the print out information we know she was driving a pick up truck. There are some skid marks, like maybe she hit the mailbox then tried to brake, then drove into the embankment a few feet further down because she was out of control.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
19 Apr 17
@GardenGerty ......Wonder why she was out of control.
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
19 Apr 17
We saw some skid marks. Maybe there was a wild animal in the road or a neighbor's dog. She may have been texting, or had a health problem.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16532)
• China
18 Apr 17
To be fair,the woman was reasonable.Some would walk off as if nothing had happened.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
19 Apr 17
I think she had to have her truck towed away. It is best when something like this happens to own up and leave information. I hope she is okay.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 Apr 17
that's not just hit, that's flattened!
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
19 Apr 18
Since then, they put up a temporary, and it was stolen. They tried again, and it was torn down. They got a post office box for the mail that goes there. They also get mail at the parsonage where they live most of the time.
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
19 Apr 17
We are hoping that she was not hurt and that she had no passengers.
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@CRK109 (14558)
• United States
19 Apr 17
@GardenGerty I hope the same thing! And you haven't heard anything about witnesses, right? Are there any nearby neighbors?
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Apr 17
People still put up the brink encased mail boxes but as far as I know here in Alabama they are illegal because they are not fly away if hit by a car.
Yes she will sue for damages so get on it with the insurance company.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
19 Apr 17
I doubt that she will sue. However, he was already talking to insurance on Easter Sunday, so he can sue her for damages. In Kansas, and Oklahoma I know you still can put up brick mailboxes. I have known of people putting mailboxes that would rotate when hit.
@teresatrotter (4073)
• Jacksonville, Florida
18 Apr 17
It was nice that she left a note. Most people would have just driven off... However, she should have left some contact info. I guess your brother can ask the post office to hold all his mail, until he can get another one built. The downside... He will have to go to the post office to pick it up.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
19 Apr 17
I am sure he will take care of the mail aspect. I doubt her car was driveable.The print out with information could be from a towing company, or from the sheriff. It did have contact information.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
18 Apr 17
sounds like either her car was not working properly or she was under the influence . lets hope she and anything/or one else is all right.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
18 Apr 17
But what did the note say. Any whereabouts who performed this trapeze act?
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
19 Apr 17
The note was like a print out. It had her information, and a square code. I am not sure if it was from a towing company or law enforcement.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
19 Apr 17
We suspect she had to be towed away, so if nothing else the tow company would have left that information, or law enforcement.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
19 Apr 17
I wonder what her truck looks like now.
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