Grab a chair, kick off your shoes, chill and chat.
Ran outside, Meteorite hit the roof? No. Then spotted some odd lights through the laurel hedge across the road. Went across to have a closer look. A car had lost control, gone off the road, flattened two signs, a hedge, jumped a talu, and landed on its side on the neighbour's patio against the wall of the house. I ran back indoors to call the cops, etc. and it took all of about 20 minutes for anyone to turn up. Pompiers first response unit first, then a large pump wagon, then an ambulance, then the gendarmes, then a recovery vehicle. It took them until almost 10:00 to get the occupants out and on their way to hospital. The woman from the ambulance ran over to us twice to wash the blood from her hands. Eventually the gendarme came over to ask about the owners of the house. When we asked about the people in the car he said they were OK and with the well-known gesture of twisting his nose with his fist, he indicated the driver had been drinking.
Only this morning it came to mind that this is the fourth time a car has come off the road and turned over withing spitting distance of my front door. Twice due to drink. Once due to ice. Once due to a diesel spill.
