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Owner hears ‘kaboom,’ finds car on roof of Michigan home

WOODHULL TOWNSHIP, Mich.

When Joyce Kingsley heard “kaboom” while at her Michigan home, she immediately thought about extreme weather.

The 83-year-old needed to look up: A Ford Mustang was parked on the roof of her home after the driver had a medical problem Monday and lost control on Interstate 69 in Shiawassee County.

Kingsley’s home, about 20 miles northeast of Lansing, is built next to a hill, and the roof is nearly level with the ground, The Argus-Press of Owosso reported.

“I was just watching TV inside. I had it up pretty loud – but this was much louder,” Kingsley said.

State police said the Mustang went through several bushes, trees and a fence before stopping on the roof. The driver was treated for low blood sugar but wasn’t hurt.

“The driver is extremely lucky,” Trooper Ben Rowell said.

Kingsley plans to put a tarp over the damaged roof until it can be fixed.

“It could’ve been a lot worse,” she said. “I’m glad everyone is all right.”

Vermont hotel to serve $75 road-kill-inspired menu

BURLINGTON, Vt.

A fish and wild-game supper is featuring some Vermont road kill on the menu.

New York’s WPTZ-TV reports that Hotel Vermont will offer three animals injured or killed on the road as it hosts the Wild About Vermont event Nov. 7. The event will feature a game supper with donations from hunters and fishermen in the state.

Residents say it’s a quirky and interesting idea.

The supper will cost $75 and will be prepared by chef Doug Paine. Also on the menu will be deer, bear, moose and muskrat.

Paine says it will be delicious and well worth trying. He says he’s sure many residents haven’t tried beaver but would probably like it if they did.

Creepy Halloween doll in carpool lane doesn’t fool officer

TACOMA, Wash.

Washington state troopers have seen drivers use all kinds of tricks to get access to carpool lanes.

During Tuesday’s morning commute, a trooper pulled over a man who tried to use a creepy Halloween doll to gain access to the carpool lane of Interstate 5 in Tacoma.

The trooper found the male driver and the doll buckled up in the passenger seat in the car, violating the rule that requires two or more people in carpool lanes.

The doll, dressed in a pink outfit with a black hat, sported a creepy, red skeletal face.

Trooper Guy Gill said on Twitter that the driver got a $136 ticket for the carpool lane violation but joked that the agency “gave him a break for not having a car seat.”

Associated Press