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SUV accident claims life of Belmont

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After spending far too much time watching car chase scenes from bad movies, Matthew Price was sure he knew what it took to look cool. Armed only with the half of his brain that worked, Matthew decided that the inside of a moving vehicle was too pedestrian for him...HE was going to use the outside of the SUV for his transportation.

As any fine young idiot might do, Matthew took to the roof of the moving SUV he was riding in, presumably to clear the dust out of his head, only to find out that there were no seat belts (or indeed any seats) to be had on the roof and while it might look easy in the movies, it is in fact quite difficult to hold on to a moving vehicle whilst your friends are trying to shake you off.

The unfortunate part of this tale is not the passing of this man, who has surely done his part for cleansing the gene pool hopefully before he had a chance to reproduce, but for the person that hit him with their car after the inevitable happened. That's not funny at all.

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SUV accident claims life of Belmont-area man

LAMBTON SHORES, ONT. (Jul 3, 2007)

A 20-year-old Belmont, Ont.-area man is dead after he fell from the top of a moving SUV and was struck by the vehicle Saturday afternoon.

Matthew Price is alleged to have climbed onto the roof of the SUV while it was being driven by his 21-year-old friend from London, Ont.

The SUV was travelling on a dirt trail on Stoney Point First Nations land.

Two other passengers were also in the vehicle at the time.

Submitted on 07/03/2007

Submitted by: Dave Kinchlea
Reference: Kitchener Record 2007-07-03

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James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
This is interesting. This fellow obviously did what he did of his own free will and accord, and his getting run over (and done in) was the cherry on the cake. Definite self-selection here!


Bruce said:
Maybe Toss: Too Common
"Car surfing" incidents like this one appear to be getting more and more common. We have accepted stories like this dating all the way back to 1999. (See http://darwinawards.com/personal/personal1999-03.html) Thanks for sharing it though, Dave.


Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Car surfing is common these days but your write up of the incident puts this one above the usual. Thanks for sending us the story and a marvelous write up, Dave.


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