He had a camera. Perhaps he was leaning out the door, trying to get a pic, then... oooooops!
Poor guy. But definitely a Darwin Award candidate.
Weird ... today's ( 6/8/08 ) NYT Quote Acrostic reads:
TRUE DARWIN AWARD CANDIDATES IMAGINE THAT THEY LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE TIGERS DONT BITE SHARKS ARE AS CUDDLY AS STUFFED ANIMALS AND PEOPLE CAN FLY IN THEIR MINDS STEERING A MOTORCYCLE WITH THEIR FEET JUST MAKES SENSE
The acrostic is:
W E N D Y N O R T H C U T T D A R W I N A W A R D S