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Car found hanging from tree after drunk driving crash
FoxNews.com ^ | Dec 17, 2018 | Gary Gastelu | Fox News

Posted on 12/17/2018 8:46:59 AM PST by ETL

A drunk driver was arrested on Sunday after he lost control of his car and the vehicle slammed into a telephone pole and ended up hanging vertically from the branches of a tree, hospitalizing one of two passengers that were riding with him.

The dramatic crash occurred Sunday night on a two-lane road in a rural area outside Shrewsbury, U.K., SWNS reports.

Police say the young male behind the wheel failed a roadside breathalyzer test and he was taken into custody at the scene.

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1 posted on 12/17/2018 8:46:59 AM PST by ETL
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To: ETL

What? I always park my car like that.


2 posted on 12/17/2018 8:50:37 AM PST by D Rider
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3 posted on 12/17/2018 8:52:10 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL

Of course, he was fine but his passengers weren’t.


4 posted on 12/17/2018 8:53:01 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: D Rider
What? I always park my car like that.

Takes a great amount of skill.

5 posted on 12/17/2018 8:53:13 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: ETL

So what’s the problem?


6 posted on 12/17/2018 8:53:27 AM PST by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
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To: D Rider
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7 posted on 12/17/2018 8:54:28 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL

Quite the Christmas tree ornament.


8 posted on 12/17/2018 8:54:53 AM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: ETL; Daffynition; Red Badger
Car found hanging from tree...

'Tis the season.


9 posted on 12/17/2018 8:55:17 AM PST by Ezekiel (All who mourn(ed!) the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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10 posted on 12/17/2018 8:55:59 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL

“I meant to do that.”


11 posted on 12/17/2018 8:58:13 AM PST by Tenacious 1
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12 posted on 12/17/2018 8:58:34 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL
Thought it said cat at first.


13 posted on 12/17/2018 8:59:13 AM PST by moovova
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14 posted on 12/17/2018 8:59:40 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL

Ok, Hold my Beer....

“Jump the curb, through the ditch, over the berm, a cartwheel with a 1/2 twist,... parked in the tree.”

You win.


15 posted on 12/17/2018 9:01:01 AM PST by Tenacious 1
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To: ETL

Quite an “Ooops!”

The tree will survive much better than another vehicle would have.


16 posted on 12/17/2018 9:01:27 AM PST by susannah59
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To: ETL

Another interesting article at the link is that Sinatra owned a 1985 Chrysler station wagon that’s up for auction.


17 posted on 12/17/2018 9:01:31 AM PST by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Ezekiel

I can explain, officer..................


18 posted on 12/17/2018 9:01:44 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: ETL

I like yours better. :)


19 posted on 12/17/2018 9:02:35 AM PST by Ezekiel (All who mourn(ed!) the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: ETL

Major malfunction in the Park Assist option.


20 posted on 12/17/2018 9:02:45 AM PST by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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