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Even pulling out of my driveway, ill just sit there and watch people go by and theyre going 40, 50 miles an hour. >> prepared to document any incident on her property with her digital camera, roberta snaps stills of an suv that slides off the road on to her front lawn. behind the wheel is one of her new young neighbors. the sheriff is already on scene. turns out the truck has hit a steel electrical junction box installed on robertas property. the driver and his passengers are not hurt, but the a...

I really did. i -- my heart was in my -- i thought the man was dead. >> the worker is pinned against the junction box, but alive. >> with the suv still attached to the flatbeds winch, the tow operator slowly pulls the vehicle off the man. the man gets to his feet, but has trouble standing upright. he uses another utility box to brace himself. then, miraculously, he limps away on his own. >> i mean, hes got an angel on his shoulder. he has to. hes got more than an angel, because ill tell you, any...

Electric co-op workers are on site to assess the damage. but before they can make any repairs, a flatbed tow truck must first remove the suv. the conditions are potentially deadly. >> you got wet ground, snow, and electricity. not a good recipe. its a recipe for disaster. so the electrical worker, he was getting down in front to make sure that the power was off, so that they could restore the power to the other houses. >> as the power worker looks down at the cables, the tow winch fails, so he n...

>> traffic has increased a lot since these houses have gone in. but ive found that sometimes even pulling out of my driveway, ill just sit there and watch people go by and theyre going 40, 50 miles an hour. >> prepared to document any incident on her property with her digital camera, roberta snaps stills of an suv that slides off the road on to her front lawn. behind the wheel is one of her new young neighbors. the sheriff is already on scene. turns out the truck has hit a steel electrical junct...

Resident, roberta ford. >> traffic has increased a lot since these houses have gone in. but ive found that sometimes even pulling out of my driveway, ill just sit there and watch people go by and theyre going 40, 50 miles an hour. >> prepared to document any incident on her property with her digital camera, roberta snaps stills of an suv that slides off the road on to her front lawn. behind the wheel is one of her new young neighbors. the sheriff is already on scene. turns out the truck has hit ...

According to long-time resident roberta ford. >> traffic has increased a lot since these houses have gone in, but ive found that sometimes even pulling in and out of my driveway, ill sit there and watch people go by, and theyre going 40, 50 miles an hour. >> prepared to document any incident on her property with her digital camera, roberta snaps stills of an suv that slides off the road on to her front lawn. behind the wheel is one of her new young neighbors. the sheriff is already on scene. tur...

I was in shock. i actually froze. i thought he was dead. i really did. i -- my heart was in my -- i thought he was dead. the worker is pinned against the junction box, but is alive. with the u.s. still attached to the wench, the tow operator slowly pulls the vehicle off the man. the man gets to his feet, but has trouble standing upright. he uses another utility box to brace himself. then he limps away on his own. >> i mean, p he suspect more than an angel because i tell you, anybody else they pr...

I was in shock. i actually froze. i thought he was dead. i really did. i -- my heart was in my -- i thought the man was dead. >> the worker is pinned against the junction box, but alive. >> with the suv still attached to the flatbeds winch, the tow operator slowly pulls the vehicle off the man. the man gets to his feet, but has trouble standing upright. he uses another utility box to brace himself. then, miraculous, he limps away on his own. >> i mean, hes got an angel on his shoulder. he has to...

Roberta is ready to record anything else that might happen on her land. within the hour, new hampshire electric co-op workers are on site to assess the damage. but before they can make any repairs, a flatbed tow truck must first remove the suv. the conditions are potentially deadly. >> you got wet ground, snow, and electricity. not a good recipe. its a recipe for disaster. so the electrical worker, he was getting down in front to make sure that the power was off, so that they could restore the p...

>> traffic has increased a lot since these houses have gone in. but ive found that sometimes even pulling out of my driveway, ill just sit there and watch people go by and theyre going 40, 50 miles an hour. >> prepared to document any incident on her property with her digital camera, roberta snaps stills of an suv that slides off the road on to her front lawn. behind the wheel is one of her new young neighbors. the sheriff is already on scene. turns out the truck has hit a steel electrical junct...