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Look Before You Leak

2008 Reader Submission
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ORIGINAL SUBMISSION:

Today, April 13, 2008 I heard on the radio about an individual driving north on US 95 who needed to relieve himself.

He said to his buddies, "Pull over. I need to take a leak!" The driver stopped the car by the side of the freeway, the young man got out of the car and jumped over the low concrete wall .... 65 feet down, to his death.

Though his death was tragic, I couldn't stop myself from commenting to my friend, "Well, that just proves the old adage ... "Look before you leak!"

To a punster, a pun is its own reword (sic).

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-413manfalls,0,2286006.story

Man falls to death from I-95 bridge

Sun-Sentinel.com

9:13 AM EDT, April 13, 2008

FORT LAUDERDALE - A 30-year-old man fell to his death Saturday night from Interstate 95 just north of State Road 84, according to police.

According to witnesses, Shawn Paul Montero, of Hallandale Beach, was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped on I-95 due to an unrelated crash. Montero told others in the vehicle that he had to relieve himself. He got out and jumped over the cement wall of I-95. It is believed that Montero did not realize there was more than a 65-foot drop beyond the wall.

"The death is under investigation however the incident appears to be an unfortunate accident at this time.," according to Fort Lauderdale Detective Katherine Collins.

Copyright © 2008, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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Reference: Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel 4-13-08

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