Posted on 01/31/2012 2:00:47 PM PST by matt04
A man is recovering in the hospital after waking up to a car on top of him in his bed in New Haven. Now police said they are searching for the driver who fled from police after the car crashed through the home on Tuesday morning.
"The sirens stayed on for a real long time," said neighbor Mia Franklin. "You know something happened. And the bang, we heard the bang and that's when we got up."
Even neighbors said they couldn't have guesses what the loud bang was at 12:30 a.m. Police said it was a man fleeing from Hamden officers before the driver lost control of the car and crashed into the home.
Friends said his vehicle landed right in 34-year-old Michael Sweats bedroom.
"He's a hard worker," said friend Ernest Williamson. "He chooses to work extremely hard instead of being in the streets, and I love him to death."
Williamson said he was on his way to visit Sweats at St. Raphael's Hospital in New Haven where he was listed in stable condition.
Firefighters said it took an hour and 20 minutes to free Sweats from under the car, and he suffered second- and third-degree burns to his lower body as a result.
(Excerpt) Read more at wfsb.com ...
If space is the problem, why not this and it is exactly what happened........
Man drives through house onto sleeping man.
vs.
SUV crashes through house; lands on sleeping man.
As you see, the truth can be said and with a shorter headline if you see space being a problem. And 'drives' connotes some sort of vehicle.
Saying what happened wasn't enough - they are taught, IMO, to say it in a way to point a finger at what they condemn where ever they can. It's just another one of those - the man was killed by a gun.
We see this style of reporting all too much and we have ever right to call them out on it.
Exactly! Spot on.
I want to apologize for my computer as my computer double posted. :)
It’s OK. Mine does it also!!
Thankfully our hands are clean and I’ll have no part of that double posting! The mouse and computer are cohorts in this, not me. :)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.