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At her childhood home in New Jersey, TikToker Stacy (@stacy_tatianna) has been hit by the same drunk driver twice. The first time happened during Christmas break. She had driven from her school in North Carolina back to New Jersey to see her family. It was snowing when she arrived home. “It was probably not snowing where I was in North Carolina, but I drove through the night all the way home,” said Stacy. “I got to my childhood home, which, by the way, is on a main road. There’s literally an elementary school up on a hill across the street from my childhood home that I grew up in, and that is still within our family.” Stacy parked on the street. Her mom’s car was also parked on the street behind her. Her older brother’s car was parked in the driveway. Stacy went inside and immediately fell asleep. About two to three hours later, she was suddenly woken by a loud crash outside. She was exhausted, so she had no idea what was going on and ended up falling back asleep. However, she didn’t stay asleep for long because she heard a commotion outside. She got up, looked out the window, and saw that a car had hit her mom’s car with such force that it had pushed underneath her own car. Her mom’s car was completely wrecked. “The person left their car, but took some of their possessions out of their vehicle,” recalled Stacy. “Of course, we call the police. They go to this person’s house because they have a VIN number, so it doesn’t matter if you took your stuff out of your car.” “They go to his house. He’s there; he’s drunk. But now it’s been a little bit of time. You cannot prove that he didn’t start drinking when he got home.” This person lived right around the block from Stacy’s childhood home. Her home was also on the route from one of the only local bars. A police report was filed, and Stacy was able to get her car fixed before returning to school. Two years later, Stacy had just graduated with her master’s degree. It was summertime, and she was spending the summer with her best friend at her beach house. One day, Stacy visited her mom at her childhood home. She had parked on the street, and no one was behind her. “I got a couple of months with her before I think I’m going back to North Carolina to go back to school,” said Stacy. “I was going to work on my PhD at that time. I literally get in my car this time, I shut the door, I put on my seatbelt, and then it’s black for a second.” “He hit me with so much force. He was speeding, by the way. This is in a 25-mile-per-hour zone because, again, an elementary school is across the street.” “He hit me with so much force that I went forward to the side, snapped back, hit my head on the window. I remember coming to. My car was not even on. I hadn’t even turned the key yet.” Stacy’s mother came running out of the house. She was frantic and screaming with her arms in the air. At the time, Stacy didn’t understand what was wrong. The man who had hit her was already driving away down the road. Stacy’s stepdad was on the phone with the police. When the police came, Stacy got out of the car and saw broken pieces of taillight on the ground, as well as a hubcap. The cops followed the trail of damage to the man’s house. His car was parked askew in the street. The police knocked on his door, but he just stared at them through the window and didn’t let them in. The police were able to apprehend him that time. A week later, Stacy went to the police station to get the police report. That was when she realized it was the same guy who hit her two years ago. Stacy can’t avoid her childhood home because her brother now lives there with his kids, who go to school up the hill just like they did when they were growing up. Stacy also found out later that the man’s wife bailed him out of the situation the first time. She was a nurse and used to work with Stacy’s mom. After the second time, she never spoke to Stacy’s mom again due to the shame and embarrassment. “But wherever he is, I hope he got the help that he needed,” said Stacy. “I hope that he’s no longer suffering in the bounds of alcoholism.” “I hope he’s in recovery. I wish him well. And I hope he never hurts anyone else, especially on his way home from the bar, and especially if it could have been a child. So, yeah, I’ve been hit by the same drunk driver twice.” Want exclusive stories we don’t publish on the site? Sign up for our newsletter here.