SUV Parking Test 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
(2002, July 15th, Ocean City, MD) - Two New York men were killed Saturday night when their sport utility vehicle crashed through restraining cables at a downtown hotel parking garage and fell about 40 feet.
Brian T. Donnellan, 23, of Fishkill, N.Y., and Stefan Forpin, 23, of Hopewell Junction., N.Y., were riding in a Chevrolet Blazer that, according to witnesses, were practicing for the Pike's Peak Mountain Climp through the five-story garage at Howard Johnson Oceanfront Plaza Hotel about 11 p.m., Ocean City police said.
On the fourth level, the Blazer rammed a parking bumper and broke through five of the six barrier cables that act as a railing around the garage's exterior, police said.
The SUV landed on its roof behind the hotel, trapping both men, who apparently had only enough common sense between them to wear their seat belts.
Both were pronounced dead at the hostipal, failing in their attempt to reach the summit of the parking garage, but succeeding in becoming a Darwin Award Nominee.
Submitted on 07/15/2002
Submitted by:
Jakonyar
Reference:
Sunspot.net 07/15/2002
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