10/11/2026
A happy and fun Saturday morning of shopping at Safe Haven's Thrift and Vintage Shop at 1784 Post Road in Wells was jolted when we heard a horrific crash of impact shook our old antique apple barn and caused everyone to run outside.
It was mayhem. A truck had crashed into our beautiful antique porch that our kitties enjoyed sun bathing in, and a smashed white vehicle lay near our signposts and near the telephone pole with rumpled parts scattered and everyone yelling Call 911!!
There was a man trapped behind his airbag who was reported as bleeding and those who had any experience with emergency situations were running and shouting directions.
Wells sent out every possible emergency team who immediately took over the situation with calm professionalism.
Our cat health manager, Nancy, was in organized and urgent command of protecting our farmhouse and our cats inside.
Our porch was shaken off its foundation and luckily none of our kitties were sunbathing. but our living room kitties had to be immediately relocated and all cats had to be accounted for as we searched for one missing kitty who was found hiding and calmed.
Our baywindow in our living room
suffered great structural damage and this sunny happy room was no longer safe for our cats.
The rooms were examined for damage to assess the safety of our cats and volunteers.
Outside, our driveway was closed off with emergency teams helping the victims and getting the most urgent person into the ambulance.
Our town of Wells was amazing with expedient help as they confidently assessed every possible caution for our volunteers and precious kitties. We called our master electrician from Westbook who stopped everything he was doing and got down to us to check our power to be sure we could continue using electricity safely.
Every tiny piece of scattered damage was picked up and handed back to us with respect
Wreckers towed away the crumpled vehicles and the driveway was swept clean.
Business was now permitted to flow in
and our teams began to catch their breath.
We have serious damage to our farmhouse both upstairs and down including our porch and foundation walls.
As the days unfold we'll develop a plan to move forward.
We will be in serious shortage of space now that some of our farmhouse spaces are no longer safe for our kitties. we may be asking for people to foster some of the kitties there is now no longer room for.
For now we wish to thank the Town of Wells for the impressive teams they sent.
Everyone, stay safe and keep your eyes on the road!
