A Downers Grove couple talked to CBS 2 Monday after a pickup plowed right through their house last week.
-- A Downers Grove couple talked to CBS 2 Monday after a pickup plowed right through their houseAs CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reported, the couple said they are lucky to be alive after the incident.
And residents Scott Pillsbury and Niki Jones were shaken up as they came to terms with what happened.The vehicle slammed right through the house at 66th Street and Briargate Drive in Downers Grove and went on to hit a tree near a backyard swimming pool and children's playhouse."Debris flew down the stairs all the way into our office – glass and everything," Pillsbury said."I looked up, and there was water dripping through the roof, and no wall.
Pillsbury and Jones talked with us from their temporary home – a hotel in Downers Grove. At the time the pickup truck plowed through on Friday, they were home in the basement – and Jones had just walked downstairs to Pillsbury's office to talk dinner plans.Pillsbury dove on top of Jones to protect her, and immediately ran up to check on the driver and his passenger.Police said the driver, who has not been identified, was having a medical emergency when he drove straight through the home.
How lucky were they? If this had happened a few minutes later, they would be sitting at their dining room table – now in pieces. The chairs they would be sitting in were left flattened in the backyard."Somebody was watching over us or something," Pillsbury said.