POSTED: 4:52 pm EDT August 23, 2005

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A man who fell asleep under a truck and then rode underneath it for several miles died after falling from the truck onto Interstate 440 Tuesday, police said.

Police said that a family who was moving to the Triangle area spent the night at the Holiday Inn Express in Cary where they had at least two vehicles, one of which was a U-Haul truck.

Police said there were reports of a man sleeping under the U-Haul Monday night in the parking lot in the hotel.

Tuesday morning, police said, the man held on to the bottom of the truck all the way from Cary to I-440 at the South Saunders Street exit.

As the vehicle came off the ramp and was turning right, the man apparently let go and was run over by the truck, police said.

The man was identified as Curtis Louis Smaw, 20, from Cheriton, Va.

No charges will be filed, police said.

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Submitted on 08/23/2005

Submitted by: Tom Cornwell
Reference: http://www.wral.com 23-AUG-05

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Jack said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I'm not really happy about this one, but the story says that the man rode for "several miles," before losing his grip and falling. I'm guessing that the truck must have hit at least one stop light where he could have let go and rolled out from under the truck. So, I'll go for a DA (and we'll see what the readers say...).

Kelly said:
Neutral: Other
The story is no longer on the front page of the news site and I can't find it. I want to know why the man was holding on to the truck in the first place and then find out for sure if there really were any stop lights or places he could have let go before giving this an award. AT the moment, it sounds like a bizaar accident.

Tracy said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Again, I'm not sure about this one. Why was he hanging on? I'm sitting on the fence next to Jack

Charles said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
A whole row of fence-sitters here. I also would like a little more information before I can judge this story.

James said:
Definitely Toss: Repeat
A version with a much more detailed write up is already in the Slush Pile.

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