2002 Car Accident

Background
In 2002, Martha got into a debilitating car accident from which she never fully recovered. A neighbor, who watched the accident take place while on his porch, recounts watching Martha leave her house and entering her nondescript blue sedan. Martha then started the car, pulling out of the driveway, but not turning her headlights or windshield wipers on, even though it was raining, and relatively dark by that point in the evening. She turned her car around in the street, and then backed it into her driveway until the front of the car was facing the road. A green truck, looking as though it belonged to some sort of company, with a yellow license plate a strange house-like structure built over the truckbed, began speeding down the seemingly empty street, reaching speeds of what the witness believed were between 70-80 miles per hour. Martha's flashed the headlights of her car at the truck as it passed, causing the driver to speed up even more. By that point, Martha had pulled out of her driveway and was pursuing the truck, for reasons unbeknownst to the witness. It was when the offending green truck stopped at a stop sign that Martha pulled out in front of the truck, making a sharp turn so that she crashed right into the front of it. Martha's car was destroyed in the crash, and although the truck received considerable damage, it merely drove away after the accident. Police and medical help were subsequently called for by the neighbor, and Martha was promptly taken to the Wagstaff City Hospital upon arrival of an ambulance.

Aftermath
Martha provided no comment on the reason for the accident when inquired, leaving the witnessing neighbor as the most important resource in gaining information. The neighbor did not have much more to say than what has been mentioned above, but did add one more detail when pried: from inside the green truck came the sounds of many animals, most likely dogs, who were in great pain. Further investigation has revealed little that was not already revealed by the witness to the accident, and the truck described has never been tracked down. Martha went through a period of extensive medical treatment in the weeks following the accident, halting the filming for season 4 of Martha Screams that had been taking place during the prior two months. It is further inspection of the photo that brings about an unsettling discovery: a man with an orange sack is seen on the porch of one of the neighborhood homes, most likely moments away from breaking in and stealing an unattended child. The witnessing neighbor, who took the photo with a Polaroid SX-70 and later noticed the figure on the porch, pointed this detail out to the police, only to be dismissed out of hand. The police suggested that it may have been a Jehovah's Witness or Boy Scout, but we know better than to believe that. It was raining, after all.