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She Talks Faster Than She Walks

(30 May 2009, Louisiana) Back seat drivers beware! Annoyed at how slowly her boyfriend was driving, Tamera Batiste, 22, encouraged him to pick up the pace so she could get to work on time. Joking that it would be faster to walk to work, she opened the door of his pickup truck, stuck her foot out, and fell to her death on Interstate 12.

Deputies of St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office believe the truck was traveling at highway speed at the time of the incident. Other drivers saw the woman open the door herself before falling out. Her death was ruled accidental.

Submitted by: Danielle Rowland, Dave Beard, Charles B., Jason Brown,

New Orleans Times-Picayune, Nola.com

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Woman killed on I-12 was joking with boyfriend when she opened door and fell from pickup Posted by Jeff Adelson, The Times-Picayune June 04, 2009 3:34PM A Hammond woman joked that she could walk faster than her boyfriend was driving before she opened the door of his pickup and fell to her death on Interstate 12 last weekend, authorities said Thursday.

Tamera Batiste, 22, died Saturday after falling out of the truck as it crossed from Tangipahoa Parish into St. Tammany Parish about 1 p.m., said Mark Lombard, chief investigator for the St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office.

Batiste's boyfriend told deputies she had been joking with him about how slowly he was driving and encouraged him to speed up so she could make it to work on time, St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office spokesman Capt. George Bonnett said. After saying she could get to work faster if she walked, she opened the door of the cab and stuck her foot out before falling from the truck, Bonnett said.

Deputies do not know exactly how fast the truck was going at the time of the accident but believe it was traveling at highway speed, Bonnett said.

Other drivers on the road at the time told deputies they saw the woman open the door herself before falling out, Bonnett said.

Batiste died of "multiple traumatic injuries," Lombard said. Both the Sheriff's Office and the Corner's Office have ruled that her death was accidental.

Submitted on 06/04/2009

Submitted by: Charlie Brown
Reference: The Times-Picayune June 04, 2009 3:34PM

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We've had a few stories of people falling from moving vehicles for various reasons but I think this is the first time we had one quite like this. Thanks, Charlie!

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