11.20.2008

unsafe at any speed

No, not the Corvair. These guys!

Man Nabbed After Hitting Girlfriend With Sandwich
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) -- A man faces a domestic battery charge after allegedly hitting his girlfriend with a sandwich as she was driving on Interstate 95 on Friday. Police said the 19-year-old man became angry and hit the woman in the arm and face with a sandwich, knocking her glasses off.
The victim nearly lost control of the car because she couldn't see the road and the man then allegedly ripped off the rear-view mirror and used it to shatter the windshield.
The man was freed on $7,500 bail.
Police haven't said what type of sandwich was involved.

Driver Loses Control After Sneeze, Hits River
BOSTON (AP) -- An untimely sneeze nearly cost Andrew Hanson his life. The 42-year-old Weymouth man told authorities that a sneeze caused him to lose control of his pickup on Soldiers Field Road and plunge into Boston's Charles River on Tuesday.
Hanson was able to wade to shore after escaping from the truck, which was partially submerged in 4 feet of water. He was not seriously injured but was taken to a hospital as a precaution.
Lawrence Callahan of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation said Hanson told him that after he sneezed, ''the next thing he knew he was in the river.''

Orbin Dale May in Proffitt Center
West Plains, Mo. (Quill) Orbin Dale May, 66, West Plains, will spend one year and a day in federal prison [for] a conspiracy to provide fraudulent commercial driver’s licenses to large numbers of Somali and Bosnian nationals while he was an employee of the now-defunct West Plains R-7 School District’s South Central Career Center (SCCC) truck driver training school.
Co-defendant and former director of the truck driver training school, Dean P. Proffitt, 74, West Plains, pleaded guilty. May admitted that he fraudulently certified that applicants had legitimately passed the driving tests. A commercial driver’s license allows a person to operate heavy commercial trucks – such as 18-wheel tractors and trailers – and buses on the public highways.

On the road again, we're on the road again. . .

1 comment:

  1. Omigawd! Another one!

    Man Accused of Getting SUV Stuck on Edge of Cliff
    BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- A 21-year-old man was accused of getting his vehicle stuck on the edge of the Rimrocks in Billings with a passenger passed out inside. The man was charged with felony criminal endangerment and misdemeanor driving under the influence.

    Police said they found the 2003 Dodge Durango with it's rear tires completely over the cliff edge. A 19-year-old man was found passed out in the passenger seat, with a case of beer at his feet.

    A firetruck secured the Durango until a tow truck arrived to winch it away from the cliff.

    Bail was set at $7,500 in Justice Court, and the man was ordered to appear Friday for arraignment in District Court.

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