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Escaped inmate loses freedom, arm
Aguilar being taken to the hospital
Last Update: 06/28/2002 09:35:24
A Bernalillo County jail escapee had a brief flirtation with freedom Thursday night, but it ended abruptly in an apparent meeting of a pair of handcuffs and a train.
Ezequiel Aguilar stumbled into the parking lot of the Icehouse nightclub off of First Street, next to the train tracks, at about 9:30 missing his right arm. Fire department officials say it appears he was attempting to use a locomotive's wheel to cut off a pair of handcuffs.
Aguilar had been the object of a search for much of the evening. From the Icehouse, he was transported to a hospital where he was reported to be in serious condition Friday morning. His arm was recovered in a nearby parking lot.
Submitted on 07/02/2002
Submitted by:
Victor
Reference:
http://www.kobtv.com/
I'm at a loss on how to add additional information to an existing story (which is not an urban legend as one moderator implies), so here goes:
http://www.abqjournal.com/news/723119news06-28-02.htm
http://www.kobtv.com/archive/2002/june/28/armless.htm
A Bernalillo County jail escapee had a brief flirtation with freedom Thursday night, but it ended abruptly in an apparent meeting of a pair of handcuffs and a train.
Ezequiel Aguilar stumbled into the parking lot of the Icehouse nightclub off of First Street, next to the train tracks, at about 9:30 missing his right arm. Fire department officials say it appears he was attempting to use a locomotive's wheel to cut off a pair of handcuffs.
Aguilar had been the object of a search for much of the evening. From the Icehouse, he was transported to a hospital where he was reported to be in serious condition Friday morning. His arm was recovered in a nearby parking lot.
http://www.krqe.com/Global/SearchResults.asp?qu=handcuffs
Date: June 28, 2002Source: KRQE News 13 / APLocation: Albuquerque, NMPolice say a man who escaped from police custody lost his arm while trying to remove his handcuffs on a passing train. Albuquerque police say they think the man was trying to use the train to cut the cuffs. The man escaped last night. He was found a short while later. His arm was found in a nearby parking lot. The man was taken to University of New Mexico Hospital where he was listed in serious condition.
http://www.thenewmexicochannel.com/alb/news/stories/newmexiconews-153547120020628-080642.html
Submitted on 07/02/2002
Submitted by:
Larry W. Greenly
Submitted on 06/28/2002
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