"If someone had been killed"
This is true. This morning's escapades were marked with many good fortunes.
1. no damage to the truck from the shadow "leaning" on it overnight
2. I got out of the way before I got T-boned
3. no traffic
4. no peds or pets
5. not only did the car miss all the trees in the median, it ran *squarely* up the neighbor's driveway, which is sided with concrete block walls, and no more than 7' wide
6. the car was running when it was all over so I could get it back home.
7. oh, and the neighbor's driveway was empty too.
btw, on thinking about it the parking brake had to have come loose overnight. The car was parked where it was for five or ten minutes before I put the truck behind it, it would have rolled off then if it wasn't set.