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Man dies after his vehicle carrying 2,000 pounds of missing railway plates overturns
Virginian Pilot ^ | 21 July 2017 | Jeff Hampton

Posted on 07/22/2017 9:25:30 AM PDT by csvset

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Why was he stealing those? Doubt if they were worth much as scrap.

The fact he died while getting away with his worthless stash is priceless.

1 posted on 07/22/2017 9:25:30 AM PDT by csvset
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The Explorer overturned and Wilkins was ejected, he said. Plates were scattered over the area.


Sounds like Wilkins was also scattered over the area.


2 posted on 07/22/2017 9:29:54 AM PDT by samtheman (As an oil exporter, why would the Russians prefer Trump to Hillary? (Get it or be stupid.))
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A lot of scrap yards will not accept anything railroad related.
3 posted on 07/22/2017 9:30:21 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Government can make you feel so small and mean.-John Steinbeck)
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Yep, Tarris Lamont died in the commission of a crime of worthless scrap. What’s up with that? Was it worth it?


4 posted on 07/22/2017 9:31:24 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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>>Wilkins was ejected from the vehicle.

Hmm. Soo, if you’re going to overload your Exploder with 2000 pounds of stolen railway plate...

Wear a seat belt.


5 posted on 07/22/2017 9:31:51 AM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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Doubt if they were worth much as scrap.


$110 a ton for scrap last time I checked.


6 posted on 07/22/2017 9:33:00 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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I read a story a few years ago where a guy chains a large chunk of rail to the back of his car and dragged it to the scrap yard thinking nobody would notice the 3” deep gouge in the asphalt.


7 posted on 07/22/2017 9:35:40 AM PDT by Clay Moore
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How can one transport something if it’s missing?


8 posted on 07/22/2017 9:36:44 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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The penalties for screwing with railroad tracks are very severe.


9 posted on 07/22/2017 9:39:33 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (eliminate perverse incentives)
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Darwin calls another one home.


10 posted on 07/22/2017 9:41:14 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Psephomancers for Hillary!)
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Chlorinating the gene pool

11 posted on 07/22/2017 9:43:15 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Psephomancers for Hillary!)
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Its worth it to society at large!


12 posted on 07/22/2017 9:47:09 AM PDT by Bonemaker
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The Explorer overturned and Wilkins was ejected

Damn SUVs!

13 posted on 07/22/2017 9:50:08 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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They are missing because he stole them.


14 posted on 07/22/2017 9:53:59 AM PDT by plain talk
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The theory of , “Squish”


15 posted on 07/22/2017 9:56:19 AM PDT by BigEdLB (To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
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I hate it when that happens.


16 posted on 07/22/2017 10:01:35 AM PDT by Company Man (Begun, the meme wars have.)
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Live by the stolen railroad plates, die by the stolen railroad plates.


17 posted on 07/22/2017 10:14:54 AM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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18 posted on 07/22/2017 10:15:06 AM PDT by bar sin·is·ter
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Doubt if they were worth much as scrap.

You'd be surprised how much time and effort these guys put into procuring scrap. They'd be better off finding a job that pays 12 bucks an hour.........

19 posted on 07/22/2017 10:18:49 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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You demonstrate the qualities of a great thinker.


20 posted on 07/22/2017 10:20:47 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Lock. Them. Up.)
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