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Covered load

2007 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Darwin says, "People don't usually blow out of the back of pickup trucks. When I was young, children often rode in the back of pickup trucks. I never heard of anyone being blown out. So, no Darwin Award or Honorable Mention for this story. His was a strange, but not obviously fatal, decision."
While trying to comply with the Butte Silver Bow landfill policy of having the load in your pick up covered so as not to spread garbage or human body parts on the road. Our 23 year old male almost a candidate (sorry he hasn't expired as of yet)used his own body as a tarp and blew out of the back of the pick up truck along with the tree branches he was covering at about 70 miles per hour on interstate 90 in Butte Mt.. This individual suffered multiple head and spinal injuries and is being evaluated at the local hospital as I write this

Submitted on 08/12/2007

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: 8/12/2007 Butte Fire Dept. Log

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Using yourself as a tie-down for a truck traveling up to 70 MPH is certainly a new one on me! Since the reference is something we don't have access to I'll have to go PA on this one. If it ends up on a news site please re-submit this and we'll be glad to upgrade this to an HM or DA as appropriate!


Chip said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I can't vote personal account since the subject of the story was not the author or any evidence it was someone he knew personally, so I will vote neutral in hopes that supporting materials can be provided. Thanks for sending the story


James said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
I would rate this as a PA (even if it's a second hand account) until such time as it can be verified (if there's any way to get in touch with the Butte Fire Department, I'm sure they could verify it). Obviously this fellow paid no regard to the fact that the pickup would be travelling at highway speed. This must have been quite a sight!


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