Girls Leave Room, Rig Crashes Through It

[Dean]

Girls Leave Room, Rig Crashes Through It

Sep 20, 9:39 AM (ET)

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Two little girls, who apparently couldn't sleep, got out of the bed they shared less than a half-hour before a tractor-trailer plowed through their bedroom.

Cori Morgan, 7, and her sister, Shadia, 3, had left their bedroom for the living room just before the 4:30 a.m. crash, said Cerrisa Moore, whose mother owns the house.

The girls' parents, Cody Batiste and Sally Morgan, both are deaf.

"When it happened, I just thought it was the rain," Batiste said through sign language interpreter Phyllis St. Cyr.

"There was a big noise, and I was puzzled," Batiste said. "Cori looked around and said the bedroom was all messed up."

St. Cyr, who knows the family, had stopped by when she saw Morgan picking up children's clothes from the ground where the bedroom had been.

Willie Edwards, a trucker for Edwards Transport of Houston, was cited for reckless driving, said Cpl. Mark Francis of the Lafayette Police Department.

Before hitting the house, Edwards hit a light pole and a traffic control box. He was treated for minor injuries.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060920/D8K8K9D00.html

[Hmph]

wow, talk about God going before you to protect you. I always here that expression in church, but here's a perfect example of it.

thanks for posting this.

[MsNikaPooh]

Omg !! See thats a prayer in action. Wonder what was going on with that driver though. Was he sleepy or on drugs or something? That was so close I know their parents are so busy counting toes and fingers right now.

[Silly Wabbit]

That is most amazing. I know all appreciate the value of life now.