There was an accident . . .

There was an accident in front of our house on Addison on a regular basis. Usually it involved one of our parked vehicles. Addison was always a busy street and was (or became) a highway for traffic entering and leaving the city to the east.
The first accident I remember happened on a weekend night. I don't think it was later than 9:00 p.m. and I don't remember the sound or the reaction of any of us in the house. What I do remember was the two couples nervously exiting their banged up car. It must have been summer because I remember the cotton frock one of the women was wearing. All four of the occupants were unhurt but very preoccupied. One of the men was handling a brown paper bag that concealed contents that could have been several beer cans. He quietly left the group of us and walked down the street past a clump of bushes and shrubs. Soon he returned empty handed and shortly after that the police arrived. I don't ever remember discussing this event with the family but we must have for me to have any idea what they were trying to conceal. And I don't think they were charged with drinking and driving. I'm not sure what year this might have been because I don't remember how old I was. Siblings, do you remember this accident? Can you provide any other details?
The second accident I'd recount is very memorable because of the photos that were taken. I've looked for but can't locate them. Did someone get these when we distributed family photos when we gathered for Pat's 50th birthday?
This accident happened when I was eight and I'm thinking it was early 1959. It was winter because we had snow and ice in our front yard. Dad was going back to work after dinner. He was driving the Swift and Company red pick-up (a Ford?). It was dark outside, probably about 7:00 p.m. As he went to climb in the driver's side he saw a car careening down the street and headed right for him! He jumped out of the way just as the car slammed into the back of the pick-up and knocked it further down the street. The car then went up over the curb, onto the sidewalk and front lawn of our house. It slid on the ice and came to a full stop less than an inch from the front wall of our house. A guardian angel was protecting our house!
The photos showed the neighborhood out in full force. All the young men -- Lawrence, Charles, Mike Victor and Jon Kelker were documented checking out the seriously damaged vehicle.
And I believe this driver was charged with driving while intoxicated. What I remember is that he was quite incapacitated and could not have convinced the police otherwise.
This accident was significant to me because I was asleep on the other side of the wall that the car almost went through. I had been sick and mother had given me some liquid medicine -- I don't remember what it was suppose to do but I do remember that the recommended dose was 1 teaspoon and by mistake mother gave me 1 tablespoon. As a result I slept for a very long time. That is what I was doing in mother and dad's bedroom, and in their bed -- sleeping off the over-dose of medicine.
All of our neighbors had garages and drive-ways. We didn't. We parked on the street for almost 20 years. Finally, and I do believe it was because of the number of accidents that occurred with people hitting our cars, a portion of the fence in the backyard was taken down and we'd park on the back lawn. We had an alley that gave us vehicle access to the back of the house.
How many accidents were there over the years?