DENVER — Thursday night’s hailstorm brought serious damage to cars near Denver International Airport.
Near the RTD Park-N-Ride on 61st and Pena, car parts were littered through the street, rear windows were blown out, windshields were cracked and more.
“Hail damage all over the hood and the roof,” said Rudy Perez. “It’s pretty bad. I am just surprised. It must have been pretty big sized pieces of hail.”
Hail damage was not on the travel itinerary when landing near Denver International Airport for Perez.
“We just came to visit some relatives,” Perez said. “But I am from Dallas.”
Lucky for Perez, it’s not his car.
“No, no, no, I rented the car,” Perez said.
Perez's rental company sent him a text with a heads up before he started driving.
“It says ‘car got blasted by hail last night and windshield is cracked, up to you if you want to take it or not,’” Perez said.
But others didn’t know what they were walking into.
“I was on the train, and I was looking around like, did it snow? It feels pretty warm,” Miguel Sanchez said.
Sanchez just got home from a two week trip in Mexico visiting family.
“I have lived in Denver for a couple years and I always dodge them,” Sanchez said. “Now I live in Aspen, and that’s unfortunate.”
Sanchez is thankful he’ll be able to make it home because a few dents in the plan won’t keep him from what matters most.
“Well, but I get to see my wife and my kids, so that’s the positive,” Sanchez said. “I made it back.”
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