Break a leg: Man's prosthetic leg falls off and jams accelerator
You just wanted to grab something from the liquor store, the same way you've done who knows how many times before. What you probably did not want to do is get in your truck in front of the liquor store and put it in drive ... then have your prosthetic leg come off at the worst time possible ... and get jammed in the worst place possible: on the accelerator. If that happened, as it did to Martin Niels of Beloit, WI, your loose leg would do the worst thing possible: drive your Chevy Silverado into the side of the building. Thankfully, no one was injured, and Nehls was only cited for driving without a valid driver's license -- surely not the worst ticket possible.
[Source: WTOP News]
Note: Since there was no pic of the actual incident, we found a random car-through-wall pic to use, which surprisingly was not that hard to find.
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Chris 2:18PM (5/24/2007)
That is a Crown Victoria. Who does the fact checking over there?
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Don 4:35PM (5/24/2007)
You may want to take a gander at the "Note: Since there was no pic of the actual incident, we found a random car-through-wall pic to use, which surprisingly was not that hard to find." part.
Chris 5:23PM (5/24/2007)
When I posted that originally, that wasn't clear. I also did not read the link, which would have made it clear to me. So kill me for jumping the gun. I'm kicking myself now.
$0.02 2:18PM (5/24/2007)
Lead foot
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Graves Spindler 2:20PM (5/24/2007)
Is there no pic of the acutal incident? That is, of course, a Crown Vic Taxi in the picture, and not a Chevy Silverado.
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Kent Mackey 2:35PM (5/24/2007)
That is also obviously not a liquor store. Lighten up, Chris.
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3cubedminus3squared 2:46PM (5/24/2007)
Now if it would of been a new 4-star Tundra, He might not of made it. ;)
I kid I kid.
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Rocket Punch 3:53PM (5/24/2007)
This summer on ABC...
Crashing with the stars with Heather Mills.
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mikomi 4:55PM (5/24/2007)
LOL @ title of the post. Sorry, it's good the gentleman is okay because I don't feel so bad laughing about the pun.
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BOB 5:36PM (5/24/2007)
Rocket Punch beat me to the Heather Mills comment -- her dancing was really good. She was not liked by the public because her divorce from Paul is more like the story above. (or maybe more like the Enzo owner and the British bus post)
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Barney 12:52AM (5/25/2007)
The guy would/should lose his license and in some places he would have. There is no excuse for loosing control of a vehicle and he obviously hasn't overcome his handicap.
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CrunchyCookie 1:59PM (5/25/2007)
Wow, I bet he was hoppin mad.
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