Hitchhiker steals car, then dies in crash

Reuters ^ | Tue May 15, 2007 12:42PM EDT

[rogue yam]

Too bad about the car.

[gcruse]

This is unbelievable! Astonishing!
Girls are hitch-hiking now?
Damn. Looks like I picked the wrong time to stop driving.

[ozzymandus]

If that was my car, I’d be pissed about the car, but happy about the hijacker.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I would give ten-to-one odds that the late young perp in this story was a meth addict.

Anytime something weird happens on the road there is usually meth or a cell phone or both involved.

[GMMAC]

In Canada, it's my impression "what a great kid" content is only mandatory if the deceased was a gangsta gangbanger and/or at least some sort of visible minority.

Possibly, with presumably white French females, it's inclusion is left up to the individual msm member's discretion?

Although one might have reasonably assumed with the one-two 'victim' punch of French & female ...

[libstripper]

Too bad to old guy lost his car. The rest of the story, hwoever, has a very happy ending.

[Dumpster Baby]

Not having vital signs can be very series.

I love the PC euphemisms used to avoid things. "Dead" is "presenting physiology not consistent with life".

[massgopguy]

“Heh heh heh heh heh” - Ted Knight

[isom35]

“she was just about to turn her life around” some relative will say. Sounds to me like she should have turned the car around.

[magslinger]

I wonder if her estate has enough in it to cover the deductible?

[montag813]

Not sure about Canada, but if this was the U.S., I’d expect a lawsuit from the girl’s family.

Yep. The old man was at fault. He failed to check if she was licensed before allowing her to steal the car.