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(March 2010, Russia) Traffic jams are commonplace on Moscow city streets. When gridlock brings the transportation system to a standstill, passengers often take the opportunity to leave the buses and stretch their legs.

If you are lucky, you may find an official who will tell you what caused the backup. If you are very lucky, you may hear a story as intriguing as the one reported by investigative fan reporter Zach Jordan:

This story involves a scrap metal dealer and a feisty middle-aged man with an extensive record of road rage offences ranging from honking to yelling obscenities out the window. The feisty man, who was driving a small car, took issue with the slow progress of a scrap metal dealer who was carrying a load of refrigerators in his pickup. who was driving a smaller car and from the look of the wreckage and the occupants criminal record was probably in a hurry. They wouldn’t disclose the names of the drivers, so we will say the future Darwin Award’s name is Ivan. Ivan’s record was a long list of road rage offences from honking the horn to yelling various offences out the window. From what the scrap metal dealer told them, he was driving slow as the load of refrigerators he was carrying was very unstable in the back of his pickup. Ivan apparently wanted him to go faster so he sped up and budged the back of the pickup. And thanks to the wonderful forces of physics, the unstable fridges rocked back and forth and quickly came to rest on the driver side Ivan’s car, killing him instantly. Needless to say the world and the roads is a safer place with Ivan gone. One of the drivers was a scrap metal dealer; the other driver was a

On one of my recent vacations to Russia the bus we were traveling from Moscow was stopped at a traffic jam, most of the passengers took this opportunity to leave the bus and stretch their legs as we had been traveling for quite some time. I however was more interested in the cause of the backup. I asked one of the law officials at the scene if he could explain the accident, and this is what he told me. One of the drivers was a scrap metal dealer; the other driver was a middle aged man who was driving a smaller car and from the look of the wreckage and the occupants criminal record was probably in a hurry. They wouldn’t disclose the names of the drivers, so we will say the future Darwin Award’s name is Ivan. Ivan’s record was a long list of road rage offences from honking the horn to yelling various offences out the window. From what the scrap metal dealer told them, he was driving slow as the load of refrigerators he was carrying was very unstable in the back of his pickup. Ivan apparently wanted him to go faster so he sped up and budged the back of the pickup. And thanks to the wonderful forces of physics, the unstable fridges rocked back and forth and quickly came to rest on the driver side Ivan’s car, killing him instantly. Needless to say the world and the roads is a safer place with Ivan gone.

Submitted on 04/21/2010

Submitted by: Zach Jordan
Reference: Personal Account, March 2010

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Bruce said:
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If this truly happened as described then it sounds like Ivan got exactly what he deserved. Thanks, Zach, and if you're able to find an actual article about this please let us know!

Candi said:
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...!!! Please try to find an article on this!

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