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"Misadventure" at 65mph

2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Drivers on a busy stretch of Canada's busiest highway were shocked to see a young man suddenly emerge from the sliding door of a van on Sunday March 9, 2003. Daniel John Mason and a friend were out driving along highway 401 through Toronto when Daniel stumbled upon the bright idea of increasing his driving pleasure by standing in the open sliding door. As his friend piloted their minivan through one of the busiest stretches of highway in North America at speeds in excess of 65mph, Daniel leaned out the door. Drivers behind them were shocked to see Daniel suddenly fall out of the door and land directly in front of the cars behind him. Luckily, in nominating himself for this award, Daniel didn't take anybody else with him, thus saving thousands of good genes to take the place of his, shall we say...questionable ones. After closing the highway for over five hours the police ruled the death accidental, though bizarre. A police spokesperson was quoted on CFTO news at 6 the following day as saying "At this point, we are classifying this death as an unfortunate misadventure."

Submitted on 03/10/2003

Submitted by: Matt Woodall
Reference: Toronto Star, Sun, Mar 10 2003

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Perhaps not the most excellent, but we may be seeing a lot of this one so it may be best to get it into the slush pile to see what the reader's think.

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