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Accident investigators say the car was airborne for about 150 feet before crashing through the roof of Joanne and Mahlon Donovan’s house in Derry, N.H., at 3:00 a.m. Driven by a 20-year-old woman who was later arrested for drunk driving, the car came through the ceiling and dropped right over the Donovan’s bed. “The thing was right in front of my face,” Mr. Donovan, 65, said. “I could feel the heat from the exhaust system coming through the sheets.” Still, that wasn’t enough to wake his wife. He had to shake her awake after the crash. (AP) ...There go any awards for “emotional damages.”


Publication Date: 14 May 2000

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