A SportsBlogs Nation Member Needs Help

by Randy Booth on Jun 13, 2006 12:55 PM EDT in News

I could talk about the fantastic pitching matchup tonight between Curt Schilling and Johan Santana, but there are more important things that needs attention right now.

SportsBlogs Nation's first tech guy, Jeremy, had a horrible experience Sunday, luckily he wasn't home -- nor the rest of his family:

A family was out of town when a pickup struck their home early Sunday, plowing into a computer room and a baby's crib, Olympia police reported.

The driver, Pfc. Patrick McNary, 20, of Fort Lewis, faces charges of driving under the influence, Olympia Police Officer George Samuelson said. His passenger, also from Fort Lewis, suffered a broken finger and cuts from the crash, Samuelson said.

He said McNary's pickup reached the T intersection of Conger Avenue and Division Street just after midnight and failed to stop. The pickup went airborne, crashed through the wall and landed completely inside the home, pinning a crib in the baby's room against the opposite wall, he said.

The home was unoccupied because the parents were at a software convention in Las Vegas, and the child was staying with a grandmother in town, Samuelson said.

"This could have been a serious, serious accident," he said.

Thankfully Jeremy, his wife and their child were out of the house and everyone is safe. But if they weren't, it would have been tragic. Now, though, they have a hole in their home and no place to stay (I'm assuming).

Here's a photo, thanks to AthleticsNation.com:

If you'd like to help Jeremy and his family out, you can PayPal him at jeremy at archibaldsisters dot com. Anything at all would help them, but you don't have to donate.

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Re: A SportsBlogs Nation Member Needs Help

Over on dKos, Jeremy is also asking for help finding a lawyer. Apparently, he didn't have renter's insurance and it looks like the idiot drunk driver's insurance is minimal and won't cover anywhere near the sum total of the damages.

by RSNexile on Jun 13, 2006 3:16 PM EDT reply actions

Re: A SportsBlogs Nation Member Needs Help

Thank you RSNexile for pointing that out.

OverTheMonster.com

by Randy Booth on Jun 13, 2006 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Re: A SportsBlogs Nation Member Needs Help

My pleasure. I'm just glad Jeremy and his family weren't home when this happened. Thank God for small favors! Or maybe not so small...

by RSNexile on Jun 13, 2006 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Re: A SportsBlogs Nation Member Needs Help

Same here. It's scary to think that the truck slammed into the baby's crib and that, on any given night, the baby would have been in it.

OverTheMonster.com

by Randy Booth on Jun 13, 2006 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Re: A SportsBlogs Nation Member Needs Help

Absolutely. Incidentally, I didn't see anything about this over on the Lookout Landing, so I posted a short diary there. I figure Jeremy's in Olympia, so maybe they'll be better able to help him.

I never thought I'd be posting on a Mariners' blog, though!

by RSNexile on Jun 13, 2006 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions