Man heard ‘Earthquake’ in the middle of the night, woke up to find a wrecked SUV and a man hanging from his fence

Terry Dotson woke up to a loud noise around 3am on Thursday.

Whatever it was shook the whole house, he told WTVC-TV.

“We heard a noise and thought it was an earthquake,” he said.

Hearing no more, Ringgold, Georgia, the man, and his wife fell asleep again.

Around 4:30 am the next morning, they turned on the TV, expecting to see a report about the earthquake. But there was nothing like that in the news.

Later, the radio station said, the homeowner discovered the source of the noise: a car crashed into Dotson’s yard, shattering the deck and leaving the driver hanging from the fence.

“After dawn, I got out and found a young man parked in my dog ​​park and his car drove about 20 more yards,” Dotson told the station.

He saw that the young man was “alive and sick.”

Dotson said he provided first aid until an ambulance arrived.

The front of the car, which the Georgia State Police said was a Volkswagen SUV, was a pile of crumpled, twisted metal. Parts of the car, including the wheel, came off and were scattered throughout the area.

The news station reported that the driver “exceeded the speed limit” on the highway.

“I am amazed at how far a car can go without hitting the ground,” Dotson told the TV channel.

There was no one else in the SUV.

The Georgia State Patrol told the station that the Volkswagen was heading south on GA 151 when the driver veered off the road and crashed into a culvert.

Dotson has not yet determined how much property damage was caused by the accident.

The driver’s condition is unknown and WTVC said they do not know if any charges will be brought against the driver.

Ringgold is located in northwest Georgia near Chattanooga, Tennessee.

This article originally appeared in The Western Journal.

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