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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