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A delivery driver got stuck in a client's driveway during the Texas storm. The couple took her in...
Chelsea Timmons delivers groceries on weekends to make extra money, and as she pulled up to a client’s long, sloped driveway in Austin, things suddenly took a bad turn: Her car began to slide uncontrollably toward the client’s house.
It was Valentine’s Day, and the historic storm that devastated Texas had just begun. Timmons thought she could make one more delivery and head home, not realizing the magnitude of the storm or how icy the inclined driveway would be.
“I closed my eyes and prayed, ‘Please, please, don’t let me hit their house and wreck my car,’” recalled Timmons, 32.
Instead, she crashed into the homeowners’ flower beds, then took out a small tree before her Toyota RAV4 came to a rest.
“I tried to back up, and that just made it worse,” said Timmons, who was overcome with feelings of dread. “No matter what I did, my wheels would spin in place.”
Timmons texted the client inside the house that she was stuck in the driveway. Homeowner Doug Condon quickly came outside.
Condon tried to help free her car, even sprinkling birdseed to get some traction, but the car wouldn’t budge. They realized it was useless, Timmons said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/02/23/texas-storm-delivery-driver/
It was Valentine’s Day, and the historic storm that devastated Texas had just begun. Timmons thought she could make one more delivery and head home, not realizing the magnitude of the storm or how icy the inclined driveway would be.
“I closed my eyes and prayed, ‘Please, please, don’t let me hit their house and wreck my car,’” recalled Timmons, 32.
Instead, she crashed into the homeowners’ flower beds, then took out a small tree before her Toyota RAV4 came to a rest.
“I tried to back up, and that just made it worse,” said Timmons, who was overcome with feelings of dread. “No matter what I did, my wheels would spin in place.”
Timmons texted the client inside the house that she was stuck in the driveway. Homeowner Doug Condon quickly came outside.
Condon tried to help free her car, even sprinkling birdseed to get some traction, but the car wouldn’t budge. They realized it was useless, Timmons said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/02/23/texas-storm-delivery-driver/
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