COUNCILMAN'S UNEXPECTED VISITOR LEAVES CALLING CAR.Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer An unlicensed teen driver crashed his father's car Thursday Thursday: see week. morning into the home of his neighbor - Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Councilman Frank Ferry. The 17-year-old boy was moving the white Jetta when he inadvertently jerked the wheel, sending the Jetta into the rear of a parked car, then uncontrollably headed straight up Ferry's driveway. The air bags deployed as the front of the car smashed into a garage beam, mowing mow 1 n. 1. The place in a barn where hay, grain, or other feed is stored. 2. A stack of hay or other feed stored in a barn. down landscape lights and coming to rest on a brick planter planter, farm or garden implement that places propagating material such as seeds or seedlings into the ground, usually in rows. Broadcasting, i.e., scattering seed in all directions, by hand followed by harrowing (see harrow) to cover the seed with soil was an early . When Ferry's father, Pete Ferry Sr., stopped by the home, he kept his sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humour, humor, humour as he assessed the damage. ``If you leave (the car) as a lawn decoration, it's really not that bad,'' he said as he assessed the damage. Neighbor Sue Peters said she heard two thuds, ran outside, saw the Jetta in Ferry's driveway and ran inside to call 911. When she came back out, she learned that her company car was the one that was hit. Peters also kept her sense of humor. ``I'm glad that's not my house right now,'' she said. |
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