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funeral procession hopper

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two motorcyclists were riding and drinking near a funeral home on east street in indianapolis when they encountered a funeral procession - a funeral procession takes precidence over any other traffic and you must stop or stay behind. our free spirited riders decided to flaunt the law and go around at a high rate of speed and turned onto morris street near my house - the motorcycle policeman gave chase to stop the revelers, when they ran the union street red light, the owner of custom tire on the corner said they were travelling in excess of 60 mph when they failed to stop at the light at meridian and morris, where they met a brown toyota, pushing it into a ford in the other lane going south. the door of the toyota was ripped apart from the impact and the two riders were sent into the parking lot of the 500 liquor store accross the corner. one rider hit the sign of the store crushing him badly and he landed several feet beyond where he flopped around untill he died. the other one slid on his head for about 20 feet on the sidewalk which sanded his skull away - neither was wearing a helmet - the blood trail was still visible for years after the incident. I was standing in my back yard when I heared the thump and my son and I ran out to see what happened. we witnessed the two men die and looked at the toyota, the door skin was ripped completely off of the car and the windshield was caved in from the outside - there was a fifth of jack daniels on the windshield of the car left by the riders. this happened in summer of 1987 or '88 and should be verifiable with the indianapolis police. why were the two men in such a hurry to get around the procession ? maybe they wanted to get to their own funeral. I guess they won.

Submitted on 03/13/2005

Submitted by: jim shafer
Reference: personal witness 1987 or '88

>> Moderator Scores <<

Daniel said:
Maybe Toss: Lacks Excellence
Traffic wrecks are awfully common, although the funeral procession adds some amusement.

Charles said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I have to agree with Daniel. There is a lot of stupidity here -- lack of helmets, though helmets were not required by law that long ago; hard liquor on a motorcycle; running the red; but traffic accidents, particularly involving motorcycles, are woefully common. My feeling is that the quantity of stupidity here makes it at least somewhat worthy of inclusion.

Jack said:
Neutral: Personal Account
After re-reading the story looking for information about the people in the Toyota and Ford, I will grudgingly go for a Personal Account. I also like the irony of the two riders killing themselves trying to outrun a funeral procession...

Kelly said:
Neutral: Other
I'm unsure about this. The door of the toyota that they ran into was ripped apart. that makes me think that there could have been bystanders who were hurt as well.

Tracy said:
Neutral: Personal Account
The funeral procession adds humour, but I think it may be just another RTA story

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funeral procession hopper

2005 Reader Submission Pending Acceptance

2005 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance