JRD77VET
05-21-2012, 7:49pm
His wife was working in the addition when it happened :angel:
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She's a bit bruised but OK :seasix: :angel: <--- the guardian angel that kept her safe
Here's the article
Belvidere residents recall fatal crash into their Market Street home - UPDATE
After reading a Mother's Day message Sunday from her daughter, Lori Freeby suddenly heard a sound she couldn't place.
"I thought the air conditioner exploded," she recalled Monday.
The next thing she knew, she was propelled out of her seat and surrounded by collapsed walls.
What she didn't realize at the time was that a car had struck her Belvidere home just a few feet from where she sat. She also didn't know that a Somerset County man was dead in her backyard.
The man was Calvin Richards, 55, of South Bound Brook, N.J., Belvidere police said Monday. Richards was found dead after crashing into the home in the 300 block of Market Street about 4:25 p.m. Sunday.
Richards was driving west on Manunka Chunk Road when he drove through a stop sign at Market Street, Belvidere police Chief Robert Yeisley said.
Richards struck a guide rail in front of Lori and Jess Freeby's home, launching his Ford minivan into the air. While airborne, the car took down a tree limb before briefly landing in the home's driveway. Richards then skidded into the foundation of the home's recently added office, where Freeby was sitting. It wasn't until she emerged from her home that she learned of Richards.
"Everybody kept saying, 'He's dead. He's dead,'" she said.
Richards was determined dead at the scene soon after the crash and had to be cut from his vehicle, Yeisley said. It's unclear how fast he was driving at the time, but Richards exceeded the 25 mph speed limit, according to police.
Freeby was transported to St. Luke's Hospital in Phillipsburg for treatment. Monday, sitting in her living room, Freeby said she isn't suffering from anything serious at this point but is in pain from bruises all over her body. She doesn't remember much from after the crash, just a loud noise and her sudden flight from her office, which houses her business, Freebytes Computer Services.
"It was like a sonic boom," she said. "I just remember the sensation that the whole thing was caving in."
Her husband, Jess Freeby, was also home at the time but was in the main part of the home.
"I was sitting right here," Jess Freeby said, indicating a computer desk near their front door. "I just felt the whole house move."
The couple had their power restored Monday morning, after having it cut by Jersey Central Power & Light on Sunday due to exposed electrical wires endangering emergency responders. The office is still without power and is uninhabitable.
The cause of the crash is under investigation, according to police. Yeisley said it is unclear whether Richards died from the impact of the crash or other causes. The cause and manner of his death is yet to be determined, pending results of a toxicology report by the Morris County Medical Examiner's Office, he said.
Calls for comment to Warren County Prosecutor Richard Burke were not immediately returned
Belvidere residents recall fatal crash into their Market Street home - UPDATE | lehighvalleylive.com (http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/express-times/index.ssf/2012/05/post_58.html)
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Here's some more pics from the article
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/Triples/pics/11020586-standard.jpg
Her office
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The vehicle came from this direction thru the stop sign
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/Triples/pics/11020592-standard.jpg
and cleared Jess' truck and ( maybe )his wife's Mustang
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/Triples/pics/11020590-standard.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/Triples/pics/11020591-standard-1.jpg
She's a bit bruised but OK :seasix: :angel: <--- the guardian angel that kept her safe
Here's the article
Belvidere residents recall fatal crash into their Market Street home - UPDATE
After reading a Mother's Day message Sunday from her daughter, Lori Freeby suddenly heard a sound she couldn't place.
"I thought the air conditioner exploded," she recalled Monday.
The next thing she knew, she was propelled out of her seat and surrounded by collapsed walls.
What she didn't realize at the time was that a car had struck her Belvidere home just a few feet from where she sat. She also didn't know that a Somerset County man was dead in her backyard.
The man was Calvin Richards, 55, of South Bound Brook, N.J., Belvidere police said Monday. Richards was found dead after crashing into the home in the 300 block of Market Street about 4:25 p.m. Sunday.
Richards was driving west on Manunka Chunk Road when he drove through a stop sign at Market Street, Belvidere police Chief Robert Yeisley said.
Richards struck a guide rail in front of Lori and Jess Freeby's home, launching his Ford minivan into the air. While airborne, the car took down a tree limb before briefly landing in the home's driveway. Richards then skidded into the foundation of the home's recently added office, where Freeby was sitting. It wasn't until she emerged from her home that she learned of Richards.
"Everybody kept saying, 'He's dead. He's dead,'" she said.
Richards was determined dead at the scene soon after the crash and had to be cut from his vehicle, Yeisley said. It's unclear how fast he was driving at the time, but Richards exceeded the 25 mph speed limit, according to police.
Freeby was transported to St. Luke's Hospital in Phillipsburg for treatment. Monday, sitting in her living room, Freeby said she isn't suffering from anything serious at this point but is in pain from bruises all over her body. She doesn't remember much from after the crash, just a loud noise and her sudden flight from her office, which houses her business, Freebytes Computer Services.
"It was like a sonic boom," she said. "I just remember the sensation that the whole thing was caving in."
Her husband, Jess Freeby, was also home at the time but was in the main part of the home.
"I was sitting right here," Jess Freeby said, indicating a computer desk near their front door. "I just felt the whole house move."
The couple had their power restored Monday morning, after having it cut by Jersey Central Power & Light on Sunday due to exposed electrical wires endangering emergency responders. The office is still without power and is uninhabitable.
The cause of the crash is under investigation, according to police. Yeisley said it is unclear whether Richards died from the impact of the crash or other causes. The cause and manner of his death is yet to be determined, pending results of a toxicology report by the Morris County Medical Examiner's Office, he said.
Calls for comment to Warren County Prosecutor Richard Burke were not immediately returned
Belvidere residents recall fatal crash into their Market Street home - UPDATE | lehighvalleylive.com (http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/express-times/index.ssf/2012/05/post_58.html)
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Here's some more pics from the article
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/Triples/pics/11020583-standard.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/Triples/pics/11020586-standard.jpg
Her office
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/Triples/pics/11021826-standard.jpg
The vehicle came from this direction thru the stop sign
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/Triples/pics/11020592-standard.jpg
and cleared Jess' truck and ( maybe )his wife's Mustang
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/Triples/pics/11020590-standard.jpg