KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee National Guardsman had his Christmas Eve interrupted by news that a vehicle had smashed through his house — in the exact same spot another one did nearly two years ago.
In February 2010, a runaway construction truck had run into Doug Edmisten’s house when he was home from Iraq for his son’s birth, The Knoxville News Sentinel reported (http://bit.ly/vUJqyJ).
Edmisten says he, his wife and their son were visiting family when his neighbor called and said, “Merry Christmas. There’s a van in your house.”
The vehicle belonged to a neighbor, who told police he’d been working on the vehicle’s brakes.
The last time, the Edmisten family spent 65 days in a motel while the damage was repaired. Edmisten figures they’ll celebrate their son’s second birthday at a motel.
