Posted on 11/13/2007 6:25:02 AM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick
SOUTHWORTH, Kitsap County — A man trying to loosen a stubborn lug nut blasted the wheel with a 12-gauge shotgun, injuring himself badly in both legs, Kitsap County sheriff's deputies said. The 66-year-old man had been repairing a Lincoln Continental for two weeks at his home northwest of Southworth and east of Port Orchard and had gotten all but one of the lug nuts off the right rear wheel before getting frustrated Saturday afternoon, Deputy Scott Wilson said. "He's bound and determined to get that lug nut off," Wilson said. From about arm's length, the man fired the shotgun at the wheel and was "peppered" in both legs with shot and other debris, with some injuries as high on his body as his chin, according to a sheriff's office report. "Nobody else was there and he wasn't intoxicated," Wilson said. South Kitsap Fire and Rescue personnel treated the man at the scene before he was taken to Tacoma General Hospital with injuries Wilson described as "severe but not life-threatening."
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If it was a Lincoln Continental Like the one I briefly had he shoulda just thrown the car out in the trash and be done of it.
At least hopefully he won’t be driving for awhile. I wonder how his road rage is...
I just cannot imagine why you would think to shoot the lug nut off...
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