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Patriots Fan Jumps From Overpass
The Boston Channel ^ | Dec. 23, 2007

Posted on 12/24/2007 11:39:40 AM PST by Wolfie

Patriots Fan Jumps From Overpass

Incident Shocks Onlookers At Gillette Stadium

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- As stunned bystanders watched, a Patriots fan on his way into Gillette Stadium for Sunday's game leapt off an overpass and fell 17 feet onto the pavement below.

"He thought he was going to land in a snow bank," said one witness to the incident.

NewsCenter 5's Todd Kazakiewich reported that the 20-year old man was on a pedestrian walkway heading towards the stores at Patriot Place about 3:15 p.m.

"All of a sudden he jumped. He was screaming on the way down, then he was silent," said another witness.

The man bounced off the pavement below.

"He was unconscious and unresponsive," said Scott Rogers of Foxborough Fire and Rescue.

A medical helicopter landed on the Patriots' practice field and flew the man to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Officials there said he was in serious condition.

Police are investigating whether alchohol was involved.

"He definitely had something to drink. I think he had a great deal to drink," said a man who witnessed the incident.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: darwinalert; holdmuhbeer; nfl; splat
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To: Wolfie

That is one of the greatest lines ever in a news article. ROFLMAO


41 posted on 12/24/2007 1:26:53 PM PST by ImpBill ("America ... Where are you now?" --Greg Adams--Brownsville, TX --On the other Front Line)
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To: SamAdams76

Sounds like your friend might have had some bets on the game. Maybe he lost a nice wad of cash.


42 posted on 12/24/2007 1:29:13 PM PST by 4yearlurker (Thanks Vets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Wolfie

Son, fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life.

Just sayin’.


43 posted on 12/24/2007 1:30:41 PM PST by ReignOfError
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To: SamAdams76

An old buddy of mine started crying after the Steelers lost a late season game. Then he went outside and punched his truck.

Turned out the game cost him a grand in gambling losses, plus whatever he spent to fix the truck.


44 posted on 12/24/2007 1:31:39 PM PST by Petronski (Willard Myth Romney: 47% negatives)
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To: misterrob

Wow! I guess you showed him who the adult is...


45 posted on 12/24/2007 1:34:15 PM PST by Petronski (Willard Myth Romney: 47% negatives)
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To: SamAdams76; Wolfie

Randy Bradley is his favorite Revolution striker. If it had been a fussboll match between Team Francais and Algerie, Kerry may dashed himself on the rocks when Algerie scored the winning goal in “time added on”.


46 posted on 12/24/2007 1:41:23 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Being an idealist excuses nothing. Hitler was an idealist.)
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47 posted on 12/24/2007 1:53:43 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Being an idealist excuses nothing. Hitler was an idealist.)
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To: Wolfie
"All of a sudden he jumped. He was screaming on the way down, then he was silent."

"Oddly, I myself didn't feel the slightest disturbance in The Force whatsoever."

48 posted on 12/24/2007 1:58:07 PM PST by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: raygunfan
waaaa........

pssstttt..... try using the spell check function and that funny little key called SHIFT

49 posted on 12/24/2007 2:03:37 PM PST by scott0347 (Commander of the 0347th Lancer Brigade, Operator of the Immaculate Steamroller)
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To: 4yearlurker
Yeah, I'm thinking he had the family's Christmas money bet on the game.

I haven't bet on a sports event since I was a teenager. Takes the fun out of watching a good game when you have money on the line. Not to mention that it is foolish to bet on the unpredictability of sporting events.

50 posted on 12/24/2007 2:04:42 PM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 45 days away from outliving Nicolette Larson)
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To: Wolfie
He probably had been listening to a Bill Belichick interview.
51 posted on 12/24/2007 2:31:05 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Wolfie
My gosh. What a horrific tragedy. I am left speechless except to say the holidays is a terrible time to lose a loved one.

Oh. And dibs on his playoff tickets.

52 posted on 12/24/2007 4:19:24 PM PST by Texas Eagle (Could pacifists exist if there weren't people brave enough to go to war for their right to exist?)
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To: SandRat

And they talk about us!


53 posted on 12/24/2007 5:21:52 PM PST by SouthTexas (Have a Merry and Blessed Christmas.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

4 in 6, back to back twice (never to be equaled no matter what the cheatriots try)

five total.

No cheating.

deal with it.


54 posted on 12/24/2007 5:22:36 PM PST by raygunfan
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To: SouthTexas

Blue Collar Comedy gets an entire show with this. Now they can pick on the Yankees fer a change.


55 posted on 12/24/2007 5:24:50 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat

Well I guess they have to try real hard and it just comes natural for us. :)


56 posted on 12/24/2007 5:26:26 PM PST by SouthTexas (Have a Merry and Blessed Christmas.)
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To: SouthTexas

Cause we know how to have fun.


57 posted on 12/24/2007 5:28:17 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat
LOL, used to say if someone wasn't bleeding, we weren't having fun.

Hope you have a Merry Christmas!

58 posted on 12/24/2007 5:37:28 PM PST by SouthTexas (Have a Merry and Blessed Christmas.)
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To: SouthTexas
and a Merry Christmas to you and yours.


59 posted on 12/24/2007 5:40:00 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat

Now that one is quite appropriate for us!


60 posted on 12/24/2007 5:44:40 PM PST by SouthTexas (Have a Merry and Blessed Christmas.)
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