It would have been slightly more believable if she had taken a lump hammer to the windscreen. I laughed out loud seeing her sitting in the digger!! I bet in real life she had to be helped to climb into it.
Hope was very kind to accurately damage the windscreen ( easily replaced) and leave the bodywork untouched.
Phil should not dispair. He could still write his book..." I was the live in lover of the widow of a serial killer" by Phil Whittaker.