Apparently a 26 year old man thought that his Yamaha moped had enough horse power to out run a police cruiser. What appeared to be a routine pullover by a law enforcement officer, turned into a "high-speed" chase from the moped not stopping when the lights came on. Or maybe he thought the red and blue flashers were all part of his hallucinations. The details are sketchy at that point- of course they are, it was past 11 p.m. However, the Hell's Angel wannabee, failed to negogiate the terrain of the black top and went off road at an intersection, He hit a tree and was killed by massive head injuries. Thus, removing this man from the from the hill-billy gene pool of Indiana.

Submitted on 04/21/2005

Submitted by: Mark Landes
Reference: Warsaw Times-Union 04-18-05

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Daniel said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I'm of two minds with this one. We get a lot of traffic wrecks, and a lot of people running from cops, but the Moped makes it better.

Kelly said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
I think running into a tree on a moped, while fleeing from the police qualifies.

Charles said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Thinking he could outrun the police on a moped brings this into the realm of the Darwin-award contender.

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