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A quiet place to sleep!!!

2007 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

A Carphone Warehouse salesman's work Xmas bash revelries ended in tragedy after he suffocated in the boot of his car.

Dad-of-one Charles Courtier-Dutton, 34, went to the Thames Ditton pub session in his BMW 325, despite pregnant wife Lucy's pleas for him to take a cab. He apparently decided to sleep off the effects in the car, but was trapped when the keys "with the fob to spring the lock slipped out of reach in the boot", The Sun reports.

He died after desperate attempts to escape, in the process sustaining several injuries "where he had torn in a frenzy at the boot lining, wiring, and lock to get out". He'd also pushed "paper and pieces of broken toy through a rubber seal to attract attention or make a gap for air".

Police found his body in the "badly-parked" car 14 hours later. The vehicle had "all the windows open, golf clubs on the back seat, and a bulge in the boot lid made by [his] attempts to kick open the boot". The BMW's computer later revealed at what time he'd removed the keys from the ignition to get into the boot, coroner Michael Burgess said.

Burgess concluded he was convinced no one else was involved in the tragedy, and recorded a verdict of accidental death

Submitted on 08/15/2007

Submitted by: Sean McCue
Reference: http://www.theregister.com/2007/08/15/car_boot_tragedy/

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Bruce said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I find it hard to believe that the trunk/boot of any car is sealed so thoroughly that oxygen can't get into it. I'll give it the nod though since this was a rather unusual place to pick to sleep. Thanks, Sean.


Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
If it is in The Register it must be true, right? ha ha. Thanks for the story, Sean


James said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
The presence of a pregnant wife (who I feel sad for) pleading with her husband to do the right thing rather mars this story for me (I think of my own wife and how she'd feel if she were to lose me under such circumstances), but the stupidity is there. If nothing else, I have learned to LISTEN to my wife when my own common sense lapses, and he should have done the same. I will therefore give this one a nominal DA!


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