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Woman finds that dead body is the source of her steering problems
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A young woman from Ecourse, MI was driving through Detroit at about 1AM on Friday morning when she noticed that something was wrong with the way her car was handling. The teenaged driver pulled over into a nearby service station, thinking that she had a flat tire, when it was discovered that the problem was indeed much worse - a dead body was wedged into the vehicle's front suspension.
Apparently, the deceased was the victim of a prior hit-and-run, and had been left lying in the road when the second driver came along and snagged the corpse with the undercarriage of her vehicle. It's estimated that she drove about two miles with the body dangling underneath before realizing that something was wrong. She will not be charged for any wrongdoing, and the perpetrator of the hit-and-run is being sought by police.
[Source: Detroit Free Press]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Jason 2:33PM (6/23/2006)
Sooo....even at night, she can't see a human-male sized shape in the road? Are they taking away her license due to, oh I don't know, for being legally blind?
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alex 2:38PM (6/23/2006)
Some stories like these that i hear are just so ridiculous its hard to understand how dumb people can be. I just don't get it. How do you miss a dead rotting carcus in the road? If you can't point that out, you probably shoulnd't be behind the wheel.
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JonM in MN 2:40PM (6/23/2006)
I wonder if, when she pulled over, she said `there's a dead spot in my steering'.
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rayray 2:40PM (6/23/2006)
How can you not tell if you ran over a human body?
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matt 2:44PM (6/23/2006)
Cop: how are we ever going to solve this mystery?
Service startion attendant: The driver was a female
Cop: Case closed
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turd tunnel 2:45PM (6/23/2006)
If you are from this area you'll realize the city of Ecorse is not know for its brilliant residents.
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J-H 2:52PM (6/23/2006)
Wow thats scary and freaky as hell to find that under car. I feel bad for the family thats crazy. Not only was the body left for dead it get dragged another 2 miles.
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Paul 2:53PM (6/23/2006)
i wish there was a picture of her looking in her wheel well, it would be perfect for a caption contest
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Robert DaDahl 3:03PM (6/23/2006)
This story is false, it's an urban legend that has been circulating for as long as i can remember.
do you really think you could hit something the size of a full grown human being and not know it, you know when you drive over a speed bump right? yeah, that's about half the size of a guy in the road. . . providing he's skinny.
i guess ecorse doesn't have streetlights or paved roads either. . . post something original at least.
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Helia 3:16PM (6/23/2006)
Hey Matt--million to one the driver of the hit-and-run turns out to be a guy.
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DAn 3:41PM (6/23/2006)
Ummmmm....... Helia? Hello, Helia?
Did you read the first sentence of the story?
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Beth 3:44PM (6/23/2006)
Hey Helia.....the article said it was a "young woman". Sorry!!!
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Whiplash 3:48PM (6/23/2006)
Wow, talk about your crappy luck. You get hit twice and nobody realizes it. Was this guy the invisible man?
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mark 3:57PM (6/23/2006)
to #8(dan) and #9 (beth)..
i think helia is saying that the woman didn't kill this victim.. only dragged them. That the person who killed this person was a male driver.. that's what i think helia is saying..
and for my own point.. wow, how do you hit a body and keep driving? kinda wonder if this "young woman" was drunk..
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James 3:57PM (6/23/2006)
All you people slapping yourselves on the back for your reading comprehension skills... Helia means the person who actually hit and killed the person - the unknown perpetrator who is "still being sought by police."
Anyway, what I came here to say was, at least she stopped at a garage instead of, say, going to a party afterwards: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4537001.stm
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mickster 4:10PM (6/23/2006)
Have you seen the roads of Detroit? There are potholes big enough for a body to fall into...it'd be easy not to know someone was under the car with those rough roads...
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Bob_Ericson 5:21PM (6/23/2006)
Man, I HATE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS!
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Finished.Law.School 5:30PM (6/23/2006)
Only in Detroit where nothing is cheaper than life and nothing is more corrupt and uninterested than the local government...
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dre 7:31PM (6/23/2006)
#s 2,3,4,10 ......
BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAA
nice ones.
That is really messed up though. Must be rough on his family. Plus I could imagine the young ladies reaction when she peeped under the wheel well to find a dead body. What the hell was she driving though? A wrangler? FJ cruiser? Some other manner of jacked up off road vehicle?
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John 7:38PM (6/23/2006)
How are the police so sure that the blind teenage girl didn't kill the man?
The man could have been drunk and lying on the road, ALIVE!
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