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Tow cable in shorts

2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Pulled out after effort to hook up old auto an, 41, loses life in lake

A man died Tuesday after he tried to connect a tow truck hook to a car submerged in the lake at Southside Park on Monday.

The full article will be available on the Web for a limited time: http://www.belleville.com/mld/newsdemocrat/6311881.htm

(c) 2003 Belleville News-Democrat and wire service sources. All Rights Reserved.

Submitted on 07/16/2003

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: see story

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Tracy said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Needs re-writing for humour, but has potential

Charles said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Agree with Bert -- but it does need a rewrite. Then again, he almost made it... could be just a slight accident rather than a case of stupidity? Let the readers decide...

Bert said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
This has possibilities- Could use a better write up than the plain news story though. "Oh, I'll just swim it out there for you. No problem, glad to help! I'd like to know how deep the water was as well-

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