Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Trying to imitate Youtube video stunt.
In what seems to be an increasingly more common phenomenon these days, a 13 year-old boy in Deltona, Florida was imitating a stunt he saw on the Internet when his friend poured gasoline from a riding lawnmower on him.
As a result, Russell Gortzig’s shorts caught on fire, and he ended [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
We only hurt the ones we love
A man in Kalamazoo, Michigan was rushing to the aid of his son, according to police, and accidentally ran his car into a group of people, including his son.
The son had called to say he was about to be assaulted, reportedly.
Police say the motorist’s car slid on wet pavement [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Bad habit make karma go booma.
A man who threw his lit cigarette butt out the window of his car will probably not be so careless next time he smokes while driving. He certainly won’t be doing it in the same car.
25 year-old Zach Schultz was driving shortly after noon on Thursday when the cigarette butt [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
How could he have known the dangers?
A San Francisco sheriff’s deputy died Wednesday after crashing into a powerline pole during an apparent street race.
Christopher Goldsby Walker, 23, of Antioch died when his Chevrolet Camaro slammed into the pole near Palm and Sycamore avenues about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, police said. The crash temporarily knocked out power [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Orissa, India – where the fishing’s a blast.
A man in Sambalpur, Orissa, India was killed in an explosion while using dynamite to catch fish in the Mahanadi river, according to police.
The head and right hand of Biswesar Suna, 35, were blown off when the mishap occured on July 3, near Chiplima Hydro power station. Villagers [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
An attorney in Jeffersonville, Indiana was discovered as he was sleeping headfirst in a neighbor’s trash can after a night of drinking.
Larry Wilder, who is also the Jeffersonville City Council’s attorney, said he had had dinner and drinks with friends in nearby Louisville, and that he was driven home in a client’s limousine. However, he [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Texting twenty year-old tests tough terrain.
A man driving along Route 196 in Maine on Sunday morning did some unplanned off-roading in his 1997 Chevy Blazer when his inattention to the road caused him to swerve off the highway.
Phillip Smith, 20, of Harpswell, was allegedly texting while he was driving; during his subsequent impromptu off-road trip he hit a [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Child prodigy still trying to get the hang of it, apparently.
A woman in Salt Lake City was giving an 11-year-old boy a driving lesson when he accidentally ran over her on Wednesday afternoon, police said Thursday.
The woman was standing next to her car while the driver’s side door was open and the car was running. She was teaching [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Sorry about that.
Al Byrd’s father, Raymond, had built the brick-and-concrete home in 1950 with his bare hands. Now, that house is destroyed. He got a phone call on Monday that his family home in Carroll County had been torn down by a demolition company.
Byrd’s cousin shot video Monday of a bulldozer in the yard of [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Wrong Place, Wrong Time.
A drunk driver in Pennsylvania who was speeding in a police station parking lot and stopped his car between two marked cruisers so he could take a nap was arrested Sunday night according to police.
East Pennsboro police Chief Dennis McMaster says the 37-year-old Mechanicsburg man caught the attention of an officer Sunday night. He says [...]