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Nightmare 101

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 This is going to be a public running tally of an incident that happened Dec 28, 2021. Its the kind of nightmare scenario as a parent and a vehicle owner that no one wants to go through. I loaned my 2019 Transit 250 XLT to inlaws as they were going to take my 3 year old twins and my two oldest daughters to Louisiana for Christmas. Our van was the perfect size to transport their dogs, kids, and luggage while having plenty of room. The wife and I were on a flight out to Colorado to enjoy an adult vacation and anniversary at the hot springs around Denver. Late one night ont he 28th, we got a call from my eldest stuttering that there was a wreck and then she broke down crying. After a few minutes we were able to glean that they had just mad eit into town in Bossier City, LA and as they went to back the van into the driveway, the ground sunk in and the van got stuck blocking half of the road. See the crude diagram for reference. They immediately got out, started pulling people in the house