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Mar 4, 2020

An 18-year-old woman was riding in a car through the Great Smokey Mountain National Park, sitting on the car window and holding onto the luggage rack for stability. The luggage rack came disconnected from the roof of the car, sending the teen to the road - and her death.

https://www.wate.com/news/woman-dies-after-falling-from-moving-vehicle-on-foothills-parkway/

Submitted on 03/04/2020

Submitted by: Chip Granite
Reference: https://www.wate.com/news/woman-dies-after-falling-from-moving-vehicle-on-foothills-parkway/

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
I think this is sufficiently unique enough from all our more typical car-surfing types of stories to accept it. It sounds like she was trying to pull herself out of the window by using the roof rack for support and it, unsurprisingly, gave way. Thanks, Chip.


Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award