Posted on 06/13/2007 8:09:54 PM PDT by MplsSteve
She told officers she was just hurrying to get home.
That's the story the 33-year-old naked woman accused of ramming a U-Haul van into the bedroom of a South East Street house early Sunday afternoon gave Culpeper town police.
Will Green was sitting on the porch of the home he was visiting when he saw the van coming around a wide turn at what he said was a high rate of speed.
"I thought it was going to hit the neighbor's house," Green said yesterday. "I couldn't believe it when I saw it coming."
The van missed the neighbor's house but struck an SUV parked out front. It then careened into the yard and took out much of the railing and furniture on the patio there, Green said.
That may have slowed the van, but it didn't stop until it hit the side of Gilbert and Rosita Nelson's home next door, buckling the floor and pushing in the bedroom wall.
"It's a miracle that the lady next door, who is elderly, wasn't on the patio at the time," Rosita Nelson said. "She usually sits out there."
At that point Green, who admitted he was stunned, heard screaming.
"At first, I thought it was the neighbor lady. But when I got to the van, I found out it was the driver, who was trying to get out," he said.
"At first, I tried to help her. But when I saw she was completely naked, I just went back in the house and called 911," he added. "After that, I got a sheet and took it out so she could put it around her."
Rosita Nelson said she was at work at the Dollar Store when her daughter called and told her what had happened.
"At first, I thought she said there was a van at the house," Nelson recalled. "She said, 'No, Mama! There's a van IN the house.' At that point, I ran the whole mile home."
Luckily, Gilbert Nelson, who is recovering from a heart attack and stroke, wasn't home at the time. He was out picking up his granddaughter.
"Usually, he's in the bed about that time," Green said.
Fearful the small house might collapse, police left the U-Haul, which Jenkins said the woman had rented a few days earlier, in the side of the building until it could be shored up. After about 24 hours, it was towed away.
Joyce Ann Herbert of Culpeper was charged with indecent exposure, driving with a suspended license, not wearing a seatbelt and driving without liability insurance, police Sgt. Scott Jenkins said. She was not injured.
Jenkins said Herbert had been discharged from Culpeper Regional Hospital that morning.
"She said she was in a hurry to get home," said investigating Officer Tony Sisk, who noted that Herbert had just left home before the accident happened.
Sisk said he had no idea why Herbert was nude at the time. He said police officers had gone to Herbert's home to interview her on another occasion and she came to the door without clothes.
The van sustained front-end damage. Nelson said the SUV parked on South East Street was totaled.
The extent of the damage to the house, which Jenkins said is owned by Ronnie Frazier, was still being determined.
But I came across it while looking for Virginia primary election results.
Given the Freeper penchant for humor and one-liners, I decided to post it and see what happens.
Comments or opinions - anyone?
Must see pics of perpetrator before making a decision.
well if she’d been driving a whipped cream truck I’d be in heaven.
btw this thread is useless without pictures
Well, I'm usually naked in my bedroom, so I'm not sure what the big deal is. She just has an unconventional way of getting there.
Incidents like this almost never happen to me.
911 lives for calls like that.
Reminds me of the line from Animal House:
“Thank you, God”
No, you don’t need pics. You just need the bare facts.
Naked woman driving a U-Haul????
This must be the worst case scenario of forgetting something during a move.
Not too many drive-by naked women drivers in my neighborhood, but I’ll stay alert just in case. Usually it is illegal Hispanics sideswiping our cars.
And my wife wanted us to put in French doors in the bedroom. Now she might want to change her mind, and save me a lot of money.
A naked case of negligence
Note to self: when next driving a moving van nekkid into somebody's house, remember to buckle up or you could get into trouble.
Apparently.... she’d hit it!!!
Could this be her?
There’s Incall. There’s Outcall. And there’s Drive-Thru...
“There are eight million stories in the naked city . . . .”
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