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He ain't no Sundance.

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My story takes me back to around the time of my 17th Birthday. I had a few friends round home and had a few drinks (like you do when you are 17) Anyway a few of the girls that were there decided it was time to go home. Now being the Gentlemen myself and my friends were, we thought the only decent thing would be to walk the girls home. Being born and raised in the Copnor area of Portsmouth we all knew the area very well and our journey took us to the fairly new metal bridge that crossed the railway line. The new metal bridge clanged and echoed to the footsteps of the people who crossed it. In fact everyone agreed that this new bridge bore none of the character of the 'old' stone bridge, as the previous bridge was known. The stone bridge was deemed to be unsafe and fenced off to prevent it being used. The location of the bridge is around 30 feet further down the track to the brand spanking bridge. So now you can picture the scene two bridges (it is important to remember TWO bridges, all will become clear very soon)with the tracks running underneath. As we crossed the bridge taking the girls home a train was leaving Havant train station about 10 miles away. Aboard this train was nineteen year old SIMON COPS, who had been out drinking with friends. It is not known if Mr. Cops was a fan of the classic Western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but he decided to recreate the famous scene by riding on the roof. Simon wasn't a total fool however, oh no as bridges came into few he made sure he ducked underneath them and stood up to continue the thrilling ride (see I told you it was important to remember the TWO bridges) all was going well until our happless train rider reached the metal bridge. Cops managed to avoid collision with the metal bridge but then far from looking like a Cowboy on the silverscreen he resembled Wylie Coyote as seconds later he smashed into the old stone bridge, (you remember the one deemed dangerous and fenced off so people weren't injured by it)By the time myself and friends arrived back on the scene the emergency services were there.

Submitted on 10/28/2002

Submitted by: Bob Beech
Reference: The News(PortsmouthUK)22/8/83

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Teela said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Snigger. Having grown up in that area myself I'm not supprised to hear this one.

Bill said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
In general these are too common. The special touch on this one is that he was smarter than most and still got clipped. Hmm, amusement value wins.

Charles said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Mr. Cops certainly did pay the price for his own stupidity, climbing on the roof of the train like that... but I'm of two minds, most people wouldn't expect two bridges to be only 30 feet apart, so it could be partly accident.

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