Marion and Susan Hicks were watching television Saturday afternoon when they heard a sudden loud grinding sound outside their home at the corner of White Rock Road and Wildgrove Avenue. They looked through their big picture window to find the underbelly of a vehicle mere inches from the glass. When they stepped outside, they found a white Chevy sedan lodged nose-first between a downed tree and steel pickets. The driver, who appeared to be about 20 years old, was still inside.
The vehicle had gone airborne before cartwheeling and crashing into the Hicks’ tree, finally landing on its front bumper like a yogi doing a headstand. Susan called 911 while Marion checked on the driver.
Dallas Fire Rescue personnel responded quickly to extract the driver through the car window. The victim, who hasn’t been publicly identified, was transported to the hospital with unknown injuries.
Marion expressed frustration after the crash, because insufficient storm drains on Wildgrove and White Rock allowed the driver’s tire to slide off the road, then overcorrect, launching him into the Hicks’ yard. Had speed bumps been installed, the car would never have been going fast enough to get airborne. Folks in the neighborhood have lobbied the City of Dallas for both types of improvements, he says…