Couple alive after car pins them to bed for almost an hour

(CNN) -- With motor fluid spraying their faces and the weight of a car numbing their bodies, two Nevada college students struggled to stay calm after a drunk driver allegedly tore into their home, ripping them from their slumber. Kristin Palmer and Trent Wood were asleep in their home last week when a motorist allegedly drove into their bedroom around 4 a.m., mistakenly believing it was his ex-girlfriend's home.

The University of Nevada students spent almost an hour pinned between the car and their bed while emergency workers battled furiously to free them.Somehow, the two left the scene with relatively minor scrapes and burns -- and a new lease on life, Wood said.

When you experience something like that theres no limits anymore, you can try to do whatever you want to do, Wood told HLNs Mike Galanos. We feel like we have more of a purpose, like we were meant to live.