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One-Legged Driver Escapes From Deputies After Crash (on foot)
WFTV.com ^
| 14 Sep 2010
Posted on 09/15/2010 6:16:03 AM PDT by shove_it
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Deputies chased a man in a car Tuesday just feet from where children were standing waiting for their school bus, eyewitnesses told WFTV. The driver ended up crashing into a light pole, knocking out power to several homes in Zellwood for a period of time.
Tuesday afternoon, deputies said the driver is George Bush and he is either 47 or 48 years old. Deputies also said Bush only has one leg. Investigators said the car he was driving had been loaned to him by an associate in Lake County. [...]
The sheriff's office and one witness said looks were deceiving. The traffic stop was initiated in the area with children around, but the driver suddenly bolted in an enclosed neighborhood where it appeared a chase ensued. In fact, one witness said deputies drove the other way and we're not able to see the actual crash or the driver run into the woods.
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TOPICS: Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: floriduh; napl
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To top it off, the perp's name is George Bush. This is a pretty bizarre story.
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posted on
09/15/2010 6:16:05 AM PDT
by
shove_it
To: shove_it
"the car he was driving had been loaned to him by an associate in Lake County"Karl Rove, at it again.
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posted on
09/15/2010 6:19:55 AM PDT
by
hometoroost
(Somewhere a community is missing its cruise director)
To: shove_it
To: Slings and Arrows
I would've pinged you on the title alone,
but it gets better- for once it really was George Bush's fault!
To: shove_it
I don’t want to spoil it by actually reading the story, but your headline is hilarious (that the one-legged guy escaped “on foot”). LOL!!!!!
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posted on
09/15/2010 6:22:37 AM PDT
by
Joann37
To: Joann37
just feet from where children were.
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posted on
09/15/2010 6:24:36 AM PDT
by
going hot
(Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
To: shove_it
....but the driver suddenly bolted in an enclosed neighborhood where it appeared a chase ensued.
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posted on
09/15/2010 6:25:27 AM PDT
by
randog
(Tap into America!)
To: shove_it; Charles Henrickson; mikrofon
A man with one leg named George Bush.
What was the name of his other leg?
To: Roscoe Karns
“What was the name of his other leg?”
Zero?
To: randog
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posted on
09/15/2010 6:30:00 AM PDT
by
Leisler
("Over time they create a legal system that plunders and a moral code that glorifies it." F. Bastiat)
To: Roscoe Karns
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posted on
09/15/2010 6:30:00 AM PDT
by
SF_Redux
To: Leisler; randog
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posted on
09/15/2010 6:33:04 AM PDT
by
SF_Redux
To: Roscoe Karns
Too easy, that would be Walker.
To: shove_it
Get Tommy Lee Jones. "We have a Fugitive on the run hobble."
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posted on
09/15/2010 6:38:13 AM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Even the earth is bipolar.)
To: shove_it; mikrofon; Roscoe Karns; martin_fierro
deputies drove the other way and we're not able to see the actual crash or the driver. . . . No, we're not.
To: shove_it
Trouble was, he’d never driven a standard before.
To: 9YearLurker
Let alone double clutchin’.
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posted on
09/15/2010 6:41:25 AM PDT
by
shove_it
(have a nice day)
To: shove_it; mikrofon; Roscoe Karns; martin_fierro
two deputy cruisers tired to pull the vehicle over.. . . . Does anybody proofread these things???
To: shove_it
To: shove_it; mikrofon; Roscoe Karns; martin_fierro
Deputies searched for the driver on horseback. . . . A Bush on one leg is worth two on horseback.
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