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WEBVTT JACKIE: YOU HAVE TO HEAR THIS STORY.ALYSSA SAYS LUNCH WAS A LIFESAVER.ALYSSA: SHE IS SO GLAD SHE LISTENED TO HER STOMACH THAT CALLED OUT FOR FOOD AND TOOK TIME TO MAKE SOMETHING TO EAT.ELLEN MA HAIR LIVES ON HASLEM STREET.TYPICALLY ON SUNDAY MAEHAREY ATTENDS CHURCH AND TAKES HER DOGS OUT.>> I MADE A HALF A SANDWICH BEFORE I WENT OUT AND I'M SO GLAD I DID.ALYSSA: SHE HEARD A SCREECH AND A BANG.SHE SAW A TRUCK LYING ON ITS SIDE.SCRUNCHED THE HOOD OF HER CAR, STRUCK HER WHEELCHAIR RAMP AND KNOCKED OFF HER RAILING.>> I CALLED 911.ALYCSSALYSSA: SHE COULD HAVE BEEN STANDING IN THAT EXACT SPOT WITHHER DOGS WITHOUT THAT SANDWICH.>> I WOULD HAVE BEEN COMING DOWNTHE RAMP AND PROBABLY WOULD HAVEGOTTEN KILLED.ALYSSA: SHE IS GRATEFUL SHE LIVES WHERE SHE LIVES.>> I FEEL BLESSED I HAVE NEIGHBORS THAT WERE LOOKING OUT FOR ME AND MAKING SURE I WAS OKAY.EVERYONE WAS MAKING SURE I DIDN'T GET HURT WHEN THEY SAW THE TRUCK IN THE YARD.ALYSSA: AS FOR THE DRIVER, SHE IS FINE.E.M.S. TREATED HER AND DIDN'T NEED TO TAKE HER TO THE HOSPITAL.

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A Pennsylvania woman says she's alive because of her sandwich after a truck flipped on its side and landed on her porch.Ellen Meharey of Tarentum, Pa., said she usually attends church on Sunday and then walks her two dogs, Joey and Bella. But this Sunday she changed up her routine. "I wanted to get something to eat before I took the dogs out," Meharey said. "I just decided to make a half a sandwich and get something to eat before I went out, and I am so glad I did." While making that sandwich, Meharey says she heard a screech and then a bang. She looked outside and saw a truck lying on its side in her front yard. The truck scrunched the hood of her car, struck her wheelchair ramp and knocked off her railing. "I called 911, and I did not know who was in the car, if they were dead or alive," she said. "Or what was going on. I just called 911." Then, she took a moment to think. She could have been standing in that exact spot with her dogs if it was not for that sandwich. "I either would have been out in the street, or I would have been just coming down the ramp," said Meharey. "And I would have probably gotten killed." The driver of the truck was treated at the scene, but was otherwise OK. As for what type of sandwich Meharey was making...that remains a mystery.