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From the Poughkeepsie Journal, Poughkeepsie, NY, Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Flying car flattens 2 Corvettes in Wappinger
MYERS CORNERS - A New Paltz man was hospitalized Wednesday after he allegedly drove drunk, his car went airborne and it landed on top of three other cars in a Wappinger driveway.
Charles M. Settens, 20, had left a party at a friend's house a few minutes before 3 a.m. and was driving around a wide curve on Sherwood Heights Road when he lost control of his car, the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office said.
Settens drove over a lawn for about 30 feet and went airborne from the top of a sharp drop-off, his car hanging in the air for another 15 to 20 feet before landing on top of two Corvettes and a Cadillac Seville, according to police.
The impact flattened the tops of the two Corvettes and pushed the Cadillac into a garage. Settens and his car, meanwhile, kept going until crashing into a sturdy weeping willow tree.
Settens, though injured, ran from his car and tried to hide in a wooded area, police said. Quick-
thinking sheriff's deputies who responded to the scene borrowed two thermal imaging cameras and found Settens by his heat signal.
Settens was charged with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident, both misdemeanors. A police investigation is continuing.
Darryl Bautista
Mike Shannon cleans up debris in his driveway Wednesday afternoon after a car crashed through his yard early in the morning destroying his three vehicles at his Town of Wappinger home.
Flying car flattens 2 Corvettes in Wappinger
MYERS CORNERS - A New Paltz man was hospitalized Wednesday after he allegedly drove drunk, his car went airborne and it landed on top of three other cars in a Wappinger driveway.
Charles M. Settens, 20, had left a party at a friend's house a few minutes before 3 a.m. and was driving around a wide curve on Sherwood Heights Road when he lost control of his car, the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office said.
Settens drove over a lawn for about 30 feet and went airborne from the top of a sharp drop-off, his car hanging in the air for another 15 to 20 feet before landing on top of two Corvettes and a Cadillac Seville, according to police.
The impact flattened the tops of the two Corvettes and pushed the Cadillac into a garage. Settens and his car, meanwhile, kept going until crashing into a sturdy weeping willow tree.
Settens, though injured, ran from his car and tried to hide in a wooded area, police said. Quick-
thinking sheriff's deputies who responded to the scene borrowed two thermal imaging cameras and found Settens by his heat signal.
Settens was charged with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident, both misdemeanors. A police investigation is continuing.
Darryl Bautista
Mike Shannon cleans up debris in his driveway Wednesday afternoon after a car crashed through his yard early in the morning destroying his three vehicles at his Town of Wappinger home.
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I can't believe that guy layed his cell phone and dust pan on the Corvette!!!! 
Jeeze, think of the paint man!!! 
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From: St. Peters MO Sometimes you have to prove yourself by doing alot of killing or alot of dying...
Originally Posted by ShawnZR-1
I can't believe that guy layed his cell phone and dust pan on the Corvette!!!! Jeeze, think of the paint man!!!
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Jeeze, think of the paint man!!! : 
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From: levittown pa. usa Even a bad day with my `Vette, is better than a good day at work
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Originally Posted by CREWZIN
From the Poughkeepsie Journal, Poughkeepsie, NY, Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Darryl Bautista
Mike Shannon cleans up debris in his driveway Wednesday afternoon after a car crashed through his yard early in the morning destroying his three vehicles at his Town of Wappinger home.
Darryl Bautista
Mike Shannon cleans up debris in his driveway Wednesday afternoon after a car crashed through his yard early in the morning destroying his three vehicles at his Town of Wappinger home.
