http://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/artikkeli/Vallilassa+rekan+alle+kuollut+nainen+aiheutti+onnettomuuden+itse/1135239290645

http://www.iltalehti.fi/helsinki/200809098235083_hi.shtml

One busy autumn afternoon a badly crushed body of a middle-aged female was found on a zebra crossing in Helsinki, the capital city of Finland. This crossroads is located on two major streets and the traffic is heavy in business hours. The police suspected that the female had first become a victim of a hit-and-run and then a truck had driven over her.

As the investigations proceeded it became clear that there was no hit-and-run after all. The eyewitnesses told that the woman had crossed the street when red lights were on. However, there was a truck on the zebra crossing, stopped because of the congestion. The woman had come up with a bright idea not to walk around the 75-foot truck but to climb over the shaft between the truck and the trailer. As she had walked between the truck and the trailer and was climbing over the connecting shaft, the truck started moving again (note that the traffic lights had been green for it all the time): the poor woman lost her balance and fell into the ground and the wheels of a 30-ton trailer crushed her.

The chief inspector said that the truck driver could never have noticed a person entering the space between the truck and the trailer, and he will not be charged for a hit-and-run.

Submitted on 09/09/2008

Submitted by: Kimmo
Reference: Helsinki, September 9, 2008. See the story for media references.

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Bruce said:
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The shortest distance between two points may be a straight line, but that doesn't mean it's also the safest. Thanks, Kimmo!

Candi said:
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Sheesh! That's kind of self-evident. Thanks, Kimmo!

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