Friday the 13th

I'm not a superstitious person, really I'm not. But here's what happend to us on the evening of Friday January 13th:

This is (was) Matt's car, a 1995 Geo Tracker. Before last night, it was a fun little vehicle for him to drive, very reliable, got him where he needed to go. Then along came an idiot ....

Last evening, Matt drove over to a friends house to meet up and then drive together down to Louisville to visit a college buddy who was home on break. He parked along the curb in front of Chris' house so as not to block anybody coming or going in the driveway. This is in a very nice neighborhood on the east side of Cincinnati (Anderson), so normally no problems arise with parking along the street. About 11:00 p.m. Matt called to tell us that Chris' parents had called them, reporting that someone had hit Matt's car while it was parked on the curb. We didn't expect to see the amount of damage that was apparent once we arrived on the scene about 11:45 p.m. Whoever was driving the hit-skip vehicle had hit the Tracker so hard it pushed it about 15 feet over the curb and into the driveway. The right front end is demolished, the frame is bent - it could barely be pulled up onto the towtruck because the fenders were scraping the tires. There's little doubt that the car will be a total loss. The officer who responded was very helpful though he holds little hope that the offending driver will be located. Their car must also be very damaged on the front end because the officer estimated that they were probably travelling about 35 miles an hour (on a quiet residential street, in the rain) when they blasted into the Tracker - their car must have had a huge amount of body and engine damage as well. How they drove away is a mystery, and without anyone seeing it happen.... especially if their airbags deployed (and they probably did). As we waited in the rain/snow we took pictures and gave the officer all the information he needed, all the while wondering how in the world this could have happened to Matt. He's been struggling recently with school and work issues, and his depression .... so this is pretty much the icing on the cake. Pray for him! And us too.

*** The vehicle we're looking for is mostly likely a silver or gray Hundai with a lot of front end damage. (Based on debris at the scene) Offender probably lives in the Anderson (Ohio) area! ***

P.S. Just to clarify - if anyone in the family reads this - Matt was not in the car when this happened. He was in his friends car, on his way to Louisville, having left his car parked at Chris' house for the night.