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Life Whizzing Before His Eyes (or Freeway Urinal, or Whizzing Down the Freeway, or Spending A Penny Costs Life)

2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

"But he had his hands full!"
"Don't Go, Thayer!"

June 15, 2003, 3:54PM
Man who died after falling out of truck identified

A man was killed Friday night after he was run over and killed by a vehicle he fell out of and other vehicles on the Southwest Freeway, police said.

The man, identified as William Thayer, 23, was riding in a passenger seat in a Ford pickup opened a passenger door to urinate on the freeway while the vehicle was moving at freeway speed, police said.

Thayer, who police said was intoxicated, fell out of the truck around 10 p.m. and was run over by the truck and other vehicles before traffic could be diverted. Police are investigating the incident

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/1953730

Submitted on 06/15/2003

Submitted by: Sharon P., Mister_Tmesis, Andrew McLean, David C. Barranco, B Bisbee
Reference: Houston Chronicle - 06/15/03

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Jack said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
It's the same story. Just read it in the paper this morning myself. "Freeway speeds" indeed! Since it was 10 pm, my guess (based on personal experience with that particular highway) is that the truck was doing at least 60+ mph.


Charles said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Additional information, or at least a different story. The first instance of this is still wending its way through moderation, I think.


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