I love the winter weather, but combine that with lots of people trying to make their inebriated way home from New Year's celebrations last night, and you've got a lot of hit and run accidents to clean up in the morning.
Fortunately, the weather was really really cold. And those intrepid souls who thought they could walk home after ditching their disabled cars didn't get away completely scott free.
I took a call early this morning from a home owner who awoke to find a car sized-whole in the fence around her back yard. The car was gone, though, and the graveyard shift didn't have any accidents in that area that they worked last night.
It's sad. I know. It's also one of my pet peeves: people who destroy property and don't take responsibility for their actions. Fortunately, mother nature shares my ideas on responsibility and didn't let this driver get home without leaving her own mark.
About 4 hours after the initial report, a woman called in saying the accident had been her fault. Of course, she also had a 10 min explanation of why she hadn't called the police right at that moment and decided to walk several blocks to a gas station to call for a ride.
Thanks to mother nature, and a female penchant for not wearing sensible shoes in negative windchill, she's got a little frostbite to remind her to never leave the scene of the accident.
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