A quiet night turned into a very expensive joyride when a drunk female driver crashed straight into Cletis Reed’s home and pool.
Yes, not the driveway, not the mailbox. The actual house and the pool. The driver is reportedly staring at a financial nightmare totaling around $300k in damage. Talk about waking up to instant debt.
According to reports, the drunk driver lost control of her vehicle and decided that walls, water, and private property were optional obstacles. The car smashed through Reed’s property like it was playing a real-life version of Grand Theft Auto, suburban edition. The house took a hit, the pool took a hit. Peace and quiet took the biggest hit of all.
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Homeowner Cletis Reed told FOX 5 he heard a loud crash that sounded “like a freight train” and rushed outside, only to find his backyard destroyed and a woman floating in his pool.
“I figured something happened in the street, and I came out to see my entire backyard destroyed,” Reed said.
“Everything was just blown up. The patio is on the ground, the lady is floating in my pool.”
Reed also described how he had been moments away from getting into his hot tub, which was located near the wall that collapsed during the crash.
“I popped the cover on and thought I needed to tell my wife something,” Reed said. “By the grace of God, I’m here. If I was standing there, I would have been dead.”
The driver landed in the shallow end of the pool, which Reed said is only about waist-deep and surrounded by concrete and block walls.
“She was blessed, and I was blessed,” Reed said.
Still, the lesson here is loud and clear. Drunk driving does not just risk lives, it also risks turning your future into a long-term payment plan. One bad choice can follow you for years, showing up every month like an unwanted subscription.
For Cletis Reed, repairs and insurance claims are now part of daily life. For the driver, consequences are just getting started. Court dates do not splash as nicely as pools, and debt does not float away.
