March 20, 2007
Video: A rude awakening
Video by Duncan Adams | Produced by Hunter Wilson
Dean Blevins, 58, woke up pinned to his bed by a wall and a Jeep. Police charged the Jeep's driver, Wesley Dewayne Smith, 34, with driving under the influence.
Blevins' jarring introduction to Tuesday began around 2:30 a.m. Smith apparently lost control of his Jeep, bounded over at least one traffic island and humped up a hill before crashing into Blevins' ground floor bedroom in an apartment building along Brandon Avenue.
Hours after being rescued and treated and released by a Roanoke hospital, Blevins said he felt sore in more ways than one. He said Smith is lucky that his being pinned beneath the Jeep kept Blevins from meting out some old fashioned justice.
Blevins acknowledged luck also favored him Tuesday. Might be a good time to play a lottery ticket, he said.
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