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.
And tourist guy, im sure he was there too..
Oh and green helmet guy. lol
No, Paris wouldn’t be caught dead driving a U-Haul. Lindsay Lohan, maybe.
Always did like them a little fuzzy!
OMG, I remember that album!!! I was a yute at the time so you can imagine how much it was appreciated.
WTH is that?!
Thanks for the pic, but that is one fugly perp. Steroidial masculinas baginas.
Weinner nation!
Oh come on Star Wars girl you know!
Careful what you wish for...
I remember my parents slow dancing to this one..
It was embarrassing.
“The sky’s in love with you”, i thought it said.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFe1iCld0aU&mode=related&search=
OMG Godzilla is cuter LOL! or even Tamar fav Korean actor
Actually, I just need to find a place who sells needles. No place around here does.
EEEEEWWWWW!!!!! My eyes!
She's a blonde, but not really...
I know it’s a rancor but what did you do to it?!
PCP? Angel Dust?
I remember an emergency room doctor saying if someone came in naked, they immediately suspected it.
We only thought Rancor was scary.
Luke would have probably died.
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