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- From: howland@noc2.arc.nasa.gov (Curtis Howland)
- Subject: Re: Suicidal cager
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.154122.14689@news.arc.nasa.gov>
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- Organization: NASA Science Internet Project Office
- References: <22370@drutx.ATT.COM>
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 15:41:22 GMT
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- In article <22370@drutx.ATT.COM>, pms@druhi.ATT.COM (Paul M. Smith) writes:
- |> Yesterday, there was a bizarre story in the news here in Denver.
- |>
- |> James Pedlar was apparently attempting suicide by running his
- |> car into a large elm tree at high speed in urban Denver. He ran
- |> a stop sign enroute to the tree. Matthew Burke, a father of four,
- |> had just bought a new motorcycle, and was on his way to a friend's
- |> house to show it off. He had the misfortune to be in the intersection
- |> at exactly the wrong time. Burke was killed instantly. Ironically,
- |> Pedlar did still succeed in hitting the tree, but he was only slightly
- |> injured. Police found a suicide note in the pocket of his jacket on
- |> the car seat.
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- I think he should get the gas chamber for that.
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