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Man dies after being run over by po

2007 Reader Submission
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A man has died on Sat 26th August 2007 at Kalgoorlie in Western Australia's goldfields region after being run over by a police car.

Police were chasing the man's car about 2:00am when it veered off the road into bushland.

It is understood the man then jumped out of his car and tried to hide from police by lying on the ground.

He was then hit by the pursuing police car and later died.

Major crash police officers and internal investigators are at the scene.

Submitted on 08/26/2007

Submitted by: Graeme Robinson
Reference: ABC News - http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/26/2015400.htm

Copyright © 2007 DarwinAwards.com

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Bruce said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I was originally going to toss this since he was hit by a pursuing police car but I decided that it's his own fault for causing the chance and his own fault for picking a hiding place that the police car could drive over. Thanks for sending thins in, Graeme.


James said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
After much soul-searching (I generally toss stuff like this), I too will vote nominal DA only because of the cartoony stupidity involved. This fellow could have been the villain in a Keystone Kops short!


Chip said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Were the internal investigators there to investigate the man's internals which were spread about him on the ground? Sorry! Could not resist. I will be neutral on this one as well for the same reasons as my fellow moderators. Thanks for sending the story, Graeme.


Graham said:
Neutral: Lacks Excellence
Normally this is just another crime story, but lying on the ground and THEN being run over has great cartoon value!


Shadow said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Putting yourself into the path of oncoming vehicles is never a good idea


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