The York Dispatch from York, Pennsylvania • 6

AS THE YORK DISPATCH FRIDAY APRIL 29 201 1 VWVWYORKDISPATCHCOM Crime Watch Roundtop worker rode out tornado in car i District Judge James office covers Perm and West Manhetm townships snapping it sounded like bubble-wrap (being ON ROAD: Mike Coy felt the twister lift one side of the car off the ground 5 fV kki DISPOSITIONS 8v1 1 i 1 i By ELIZABETH EVANS a1 ft )ork Lhspoti A little lift: when the car started vibrating Coy recalled side came up a foot or two off the he said nonchalantly thought it was going to pick (the car) up and slam it on the But as the tornado passed the tires went back to the road ered clock to check the time Coy needed to be at work by 7 am and thought the clock read 635 am he said It was only after his brush with the twister that he realized the clock actually had read 5:35 am So he made coffee let the dogs out then jumped in the Cavalier and headed to work Just feet from the driveway the already lousy weather took a serious turn for the worse Coy said rain got so heavy I couldn't he said stopped I could see (trees) snapping off and flying over the Rain and sticks were pounding the car Coy said was equivalent to being in a drive-through car he said rain came down in waves When the trees started JOHN A PAVONCELLO Vie lor Lhuputch A red oak tree crashed through Scott and Jennifer Dellinger's Warrington Township home Thursday do enough high-risk stuff on the job Coy said so he was unfazed Hanover Juvenile retail theft ordered to pay fine and cost Toby Degroft 574 Blooming Grove Road Hanover scnool law ordered to pay fine and cost Matthew Hennessey 3 Shamrock Lane Westminster Md parking prohibited specified places ordered to pay fine and cost Matthew Hennessey 3 Shamrock Lane Westminster Md parking prohibited in specified places ordered to pay fine and cost Marie Myers 761 Black Rock Road Hanover school law (2 counts) ordered to pay fine and cost Melissa Pickett 160 Center St Hanover school law (2 counts) ordered to pay fine and cost Jerry William Prise 117 Blettner Ave Hanover parking prohibited in specified places ordered to pay fine and cost Getting caught in a tornado on a rural road while in car would be enough to give most people the willies Especially when the twister lifts half the car off the ground But Mike Coy a lift maintenance supervisor for Roundtop Mountain Resort is used to danger He said he wasn't scared as he hunkered down and rode out the tornado His only concern he said was being trapped inside his Chevrolet Cavalier Sure his co-workers would have saved him he said but first have taken plenty of pictures to taunt him with later Still he appears to have learned a lesson from the The hell of it Coy said is knowing he even have been on Round-top Road at 5 55 am Thursday when the tornado ripped through northern York County 1 Somehow the Cavalier flip And somehow none of the flying trees crushed it Less than a minute later Coy shrugged it off and drove the last few yards to work experience not coming in early ever again man" he called out to a co-worker things Reach Elizabeth Evans at levansviyorkdis-patchcom 505-5429 or twitter com vdcrimetime 45 seconds all it he said of the tornado the closest come (to death or injury) in two or three Wrong time: Coy 41 woke up that morning to discover the power was out at his Monaghan Township home He lit a candle and held it up to a battery-pow BOfJ5! mss THESE merJEY-SAUIFJG OEMS! Good News for People with Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss ft on an irtffl spas New Miniature Heanng Instruments now available which are easily inserted into the ear canal and automatically adjust to your listening situation 3 Designed for vibrant lifestyles and is designed as a long term solution for hearing loss Affordable technology levels available to suit your budget 3 la a ft 4 I Call Today to see what you have been missing from the Hearing Aid Center who has the latest digital technology to best correct your hearing problem MUST PRESENT COUPON'? OR OFFER A0DIO PROFESSIONAL Hearing Aid Center RL 30 Susquehanna Trail York T8SI SSSS823 ft US-ttS wwwaudioprohearingcom rMumAdcnt 5'x8'-49 iU'i I 3 r'M' Kf ill l(u i Mm.