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Car smashes into roof of suburban home in Australia

A suburban family home in Australia was startled awake with the sound of a car engine revving without traction and crashing through the roof. Thankfully the family escaped with their three-month-old baby girl.

A speeding car had flew through the air after smashing a traffic light and hitting a mound of ramped earth, then smashed into Peter and Kay Arnold’s bungalow roof in a Sydney suburb.

Hurriedly grabbing their baby daughter Zoe, the Arnold’s dashed out into the street - and were astonished when they saw the car ‘parked’ in their roof.

It was sheer luck that the car had not crashed through the ceiling into the bedroom.

Mr Arnold told neighbours, “The crash frightened the life out of us,”

A police officer said, “It’s not the kind of sight you expect to find when you’re called out to a traffic accident,

“None of us could believe our eyes.”

It took over an hour for Ambulance, police and fire rescue teams to free the two men, return them to terra firma then to hospital. They were said later to be in a stable condition.

Mr and Mrs Arnold were said to have been shaken but told rescuers they were thankful they and their daughter were able to walk away unharmed.

It’s suspected that speed and alcohol were the main contributing factors in the crash, police are also investigating whether a street race had occured beforehand.

         

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Liev Schreiber Can’t Imagine Life Without His Two Boys

Actor Liev Schreiber dishes about his life as a dad of two little boys.

The 41-year-old actors says that he could not imagine his life without his partner Naomi Watts and their two sons, Alexander ‘Sasha’ Pete, 22 months, and Samuel Kai, 6 months. Recently he did an interview with Hamptons magazine about being a dad of two little ones.

Liev said that his life completed changed from the first moment he heard his son cry. “The minute that they show up and you hear that first scream, it’s a pretty profound feeling. You know that you’re in for it — you’re in for the best thing that ever happened to you and the hardest work you’ll ever do.”

He also went on to say that with his son Sasha, his first time daddy jitters went away pretty quickly. “There’s just no questioning what you’ll do for your child. You’re not sure of that until your child is born and looking you in the eye and needing something, and then it just sort of happens. He added, “I had no idea that it would be so easy, but it’s just something … you take for granted that you have the ability to do. I think it came naturally to me.”

Naomi and Liev coordinate their work schedules so that only one parent is working at a time, so that their kids have the full attention. This also allows the couple to travel with their children and “do some great things.” Liev shared that, “Sasha just got his first swim in the ocean in Sydney, which I know meant a lot to Naomi.”

Liev also told the magazine that the Hamptons offers an escape for the family, where they can relax and have some fun. He says, “Just being able to have those quiet walks early in the morning — particularly off-season, when you’re on the beach early and nobody else is there. Sasha’s on the ground, running around the beach with his dog, having the time of his life.”

         

Baby dies from septicemia - Parents accused of Manslaughter

Thomas Sam worked as a homeopath in Sydney, Australia and taught the subject at a Sydney college. He and his wife Manju Sam had a baby girl, Gloria Thomas, whom was suffering from eczema.

Despite the advice of doctors they persisted with homeopathic treatment for their daughter until she died from septicemia, (Infection) a court has heard.

Both parents are accused of the manslaughter of their nine-month-old infant daughter by gross criminal negligence.

The Supreme Court trial jury heard on the opening day how the Indian-born parents knew Gloria was suffering from eczema on her face, arms, legs and torso at four months. However they failed to follow the advice of doctors who referred her to a dermatologist.

The jurors heard that by the time Baby Gloria was six months old, the eczema had begun weeping and her clothing and nappies would stick to her skin and tear whenever her parents changed her.

Mark Tedeschi QC the Crown prosecutor said the baby girl’s skin began to peel off, allowing infections to enter her bloodstream.

Mr Tedeschi said that in the last five months of her life, Gloria was subjected to repeated infections which “placed a great deal of stress on her body,”

“She wasn’t able to get sufficient nutrition to fight off infections and to grow.”

Gloria died from septicemia in May of 2002, weighing just 5.3kg - well below the third percentile for her age.

The trial, before Justice Johnson, continues.