Semi truck lands in the dentist office! Appointment is cancelled...
By Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (43526)
December 4, 2023 10:37pm CST
A cousin I am very close to lives in White Bear Lake, MN. He had a dental appointment today at 2 PM. This is his regular dentist. For reasons unknown, they had called twice to reschedule the appointment, which he said had never happened before.
He is neither an early or late person, he luckily timed his arrival for about 1:45 PM. He arrived to discover a semi truck had crashed and was basically inside the dentist office! Luckily no one was killed.
My cousin said no, he truly did not always enjoy the dentist visits, but this was a shock to arrive to. We are all just happy he wasn't inside the building.
https://www.fox9.com/news/3-hurt-after-semi-goes-off-road-hits-building-in-white-bear-lake
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@MarieCoyle (43526)
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5 Dec 23
I have always enjoyed my visits there. I wasn't sure if anyone here would even be familiar with White Bear Lake!
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@MarieCoyle (43526)
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5 Dec 23
I would certainly hope not! Once is enough!! I can’t imagine how I would feel if I was in a building and a semi truck crashed into it. Scary stuff!!
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@Shavkat (140443)
• Philippines
13 Dec 23
@MarieCoyle I cannot imagine myself in such a situation.
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@MarieCoyle (43526)
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6 Dec 23
We all were very glad.
Last year, he was in a wreck, not his fault, his car was T-boned. He had several surgeries and has had a hard year recovering from that, he certainly didn't need another wreck to deal with!
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@MarieCoyle (43526)
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6 Dec 23
I do not know the condition of the truck driver. It could have been any number of things wrong--illness, a heart attack, brake failure, etc. I am sure it will be investigated.
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@snowy22315 (188970)
• United States
5 Dec 23
Wow, now that is a sight you don't see very often at the dentist's office!
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@MarieCoyle (43526)
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6 Dec 23
If I never see it, that will be just fine with me! 
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@much2say (57522)
• Los Angeles, California
5 Dec 23
We hear more and more about these types of crashes where building and houses are involved . . . what is going on?! Your cousin's timing was on his side . . . who'd ever imagine that a truck would come plowing through while you're sitting in the dentist's chair 
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@much2say (57522)
• Los Angeles, California
7 Dec 23
@MarieCoyle I don't even know what I would do. I'd like to think I'd have a fast reaction time to move out of the way . . . but who knows until that moment .
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@MarieCoyle (43526)
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7 Dec 23
@much2say
I think many people would not even have time to react very fast if this happened. It's just not what you expect to happen. Like you say, ''who knows?'' and we don't until something happens to us.
@MarieCoyle (43526)
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6 Dec 23
I think if that happened to me, I would just freeze on the spot!
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@RasmaSandra (84651)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Dec 23
That sure is crazy and glad he was not in the and no one was killed, That is called good timing.
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@Marilynda1225 (84591)
• United States
7 Dec 23
It's a miracle that no one was killed and certainly that your cousin wasn't in the building.
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@MarieCoyle (43526)
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8 Dec 23
We are all very thankful, they have been through enough in the past year, trying to overcome the terrible accident they were in when a car T-boned them.
@just4him (318816)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
7 Dec 23
@MarieCoyle 
Oops.
My five-year-old son got into my parent's car and hit the house as he was backing up. It's good he did because otherwise he would have gone down a steep driveway into the road. On another occasion, the same age, I was at the laundromat, and he got into the truck and almost hit a showroom window. The manager of the business, got to him before he could do any damage, praise God, and brought him to us and told us what happened. He didn't do anything like that again.
Oops.
My five-year-old son got into my parent's car and hit the house as he was backing up. It's good he did because otherwise he would have gone down a steep driveway into the road. On another occasion, the same age, I was at the laundromat, and he got into the truck and almost hit a showroom window. The manager of the business, got to him before he could do any damage, praise God, and brought him to us and told us what happened. He didn't do anything like that again.1 person likes this
@MarieCoyle (43526)
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8 Dec 23
@just4him
It sounds like he leads a charmed life! A friend's son did a similar thing years ago, got in her car and somehow put it in gear--it hit the neighbor's car. Problem with that, the neighbor was an Illinois state trooper! But it was all fixed. Needless to say, they locked their cars after that incident!
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@MarieCoyle (43526)
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7 Dec 23
I'm glad no one was killed.
The closest we ever came to a vehicle hits building scenario was long ago when Great-grandpa (who shouldn't have been driving!) forgot to open the garage door before he backed the car out of the garage...oops!
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@MarieCoyle (43526)
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6 Dec 23
Most definitely, my family was very, very thankful!
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@LindaOHio (188028)
• United States
5 Dec 23
Oh my goodness. I'm glad no one was injured. I guess they'll have to reschedule again. Have a good evening.
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@MarieCoyle (43526)
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6 Dec 23
He says he thinks he will wait a few weeks! Not that I blame him any!
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@2ndchances24 (10378)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
9 Dec 23
O M G ! ! that would have
been a shock to the mind & the body 4-sure.1 person likes this
@MarieCoyle (43526)
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10 Dec 23
Things like this always makes me think about the old saying of ''anything is possible'' because in many cases, it certainly is!
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@2ndchances24 (10378)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
10 Dec 23
@MarieCoyle never take life
for granted cause it will cost
you in the long run.
Thank God your cousin was
spared from getting hurt.
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@MarieCoyle (43526)
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6 Dec 23
I can't even imagine how terrified all of the people must have been. 
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