Darwin awards here I come

[philw]

and yes I laughed.....

Man dies after jumping from moving truck
Allegedly trying to claim insurance
Truck travelling at around 80km/h
A TEXAS truck driver who died when he jumped from his moving vehicle may have been trying to claim insurance, police said.
Police said the 26-year-old man died of head injuries when he leaped from the moving truck before it jumped the curb and smashed into a freeway bridge support around 2am (local time) near downtown Houston.
His business partner, who was following the truck, told investigators the victim jumped out of it as part of a plan to wreck the vehicle and collect insurance money.
The man said the truck was travelling about 80km/h when it struck the curb, then hit the bridge support.
He said he managed to park his vehicle, run after the truck as it slowly rolled along the street, climb up to the wheel and stop the truck himself.
Houston police detectives are investigating the truckie's death.


Read more: http://www.news.com.au/world/trucker-dies-staging-fake-crash/story-e6frfkyi-1225888766288#ixzz0sxhMAjeq

[fightingquaker13]

The REAL Darwin award winner is the business partner. Forget the idiot who jumped, that's just poor planning. The jackass who said, "Yes officer, I was part of conspiacy to commit insurance fraud, endanger public safety (bridge abutment), and if you're real, real lucky, oh yeah, you just pled guilty to felony homicide. Guess what, you're in Harris county Tx. The one COUNTY in the US that has had more death penalty convictions than all the the rest of the states (Texas included) combined. Hello? Right answer, "I was following behind him and the crazy SOB jumped out. I figured it was a problem with the truck, but he has been a bit down and agitated lately"? How hard was that? Now, Einstein is looking at the real possibility of life or worse. THAT is a Darwin candidate.
FQ13

[PegLeg45]

80km/hr.... that's what, around 40mph?
Pie-ass.

 




**Here's what a 6'2", 300 pound man on a 620 pound bike @ 45 mph will do to a Dodge Neon.  
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV

[deepwater]

80km/hr.... that's what, around 40mph?
Pie-ass.

 




**Here's what a 6'2", 300 pound man on a 620 pound bike @ 45 mph will do to a Dodge Neon.   
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV

Peg, am I right by guessing you used your leg to beat the car in like that? hope I never end up in the same situation, but you never know what the damn soccer moms are going to do!

deepwater

[bulldog75]

I call this culling the herd.

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[r_w]

The REAL Darwin award winner is the business partner. Forget the idiot who jumped, that's just poor planning. The jackass who said, "Yes officer, I was part of conspiacy to commit insurance fraud, endanger public safety (bridge abutment), and if you're real, real lucky, oh yeah, you just pled guilty to felony homicide. Guess what, you're in Harris county Tx. The one COUNTY in the US that has had more death penalty convictions than all the the rest of the states (Texas included) combined. Hello? Right answer, "I was following behind him and the crazy SOB jumped out. I figured it was a problem with the truck, but he has been a bit down and agitated lately"? How hard was that? Now, Einstein is looking at the real possibility of life or worse. THAT is a Darwin candidate.
FQ13

He can only win AFTER the execution.  Until then his just a frontrunner

[tt11758]

Police said the 26-year-old man died of head injuries

I wouldn't have thought landing on his head would hurt a brainless twit like this cat.

[alfsauve]

80kph is 50 mph.

And yes, you have to die to be a Darwin winner.  The "business partner" hasn't qualified..........yet.