Betty Skelton had just fallen asleep around 9 o'clock Saturday night.
The next thing she knew she was thrown 12 feet from her bed onto the floor. "All of a sudden, I heard the bang when she hit the wall on the corner of the house and then I was picking myself up out of the floor. I don't know how I got down there."
Skelton's granddaughter had called a few minutes earlier to say she was almost home.
At first Skelton thought it was her granddaughter who had wrecked outside, and began calling her name.
When her son went to check, they found a woman in a jeep, so intoxicated she didn't know what happened.
Skelton says the woman was leaving a nearby bar when she hit another car, then knocked down two fences and hit her house
Her car bounced backwards 15 feet.
Her granddaughter returned home just minutes later.
Even though the house has some damage, Skelton considers herself lucky. The car hit just inches from the gas main.
Skelton has lived in her home for 40 years.
Despite the incident, she says she's not going anywhere. "I live here and this has been my home for 40 years, like I said. No, I won't leave," she said. Police did take the woman into custody. Fortunately, nobody was hurt in the incident.
The next thing she knew she was thrown 12 feet from her bed onto the floor. "All of a sudden, I heard the bang when she hit the wall on the corner of the house and then I was picking myself up out of the floor. I don't know how I got down there."
Skelton's granddaughter had called a few minutes earlier to say she was almost home.
At first Skelton thought it was her granddaughter who had wrecked outside, and began calling her name.
When her son went to check, they found a woman in a jeep, so intoxicated she didn't know what happened.
Skelton says the woman was leaving a nearby bar when she hit another car, then knocked down two fences and hit her house
Her car bounced backwards 15 feet.
Her granddaughter returned home just minutes later.
Even though the house has some damage, Skelton considers herself lucky. The car hit just inches from the gas main.
Skelton has lived in her home for 40 years.
Despite the incident, she says she's not going anywhere. "I live here and this has been my home for 40 years, like I said. No, I won't leave," she said. Police did take the woman into custody. Fortunately, nobody was hurt in the incident.
