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Man dies in freak accident at Jack in the Box drive-thru
WREG ^ | 9/28/2018

Posted on 10/01/2018 5:54:48 AM PDT by Gamecock

ST. LOUIS – A man died after an accident at a St. Louis Jack in the Box drive-thru left him with extensive injuries Wednesday night.

The victim, identified by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as 20-year-old Charles Wood Jr., pulled up to the window at an angle around 10 p.m., according to police.

Unable to reach his meal, Wood Jr. apparently opened the door of his vehicle, and, while leaning toward the window, inadvertently hit the accelerator. The car, which was in reverse, shot backward and slammed into a tree, according to the paper.

The accident left Wood pinned to the tree, with injuries to his head, neck, torso and legs. He was later pronounced dead at an area hospital.


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1 posted on 10/01/2018 5:54:48 AM PDT by Gamecock
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To: Gamecock

I exactly what happened even before I read the story.

Opened the door and leaning out of a running car that is in gear? This is not a “freak accident.”


2 posted on 10/01/2018 5:56:31 AM PDT by Gamecock (In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
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To: Gamecock

A friend was killed after getting caught in his door at a drive-thru. He went home afterwards and they found him dead of internal bleeding.


3 posted on 10/01/2018 5:57:33 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: Gamecock

You have to wonder if John Barleycorn played a part.

Either way — helluva way to go.


4 posted on 10/01/2018 5:58:26 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Always believe women except: clinton rape, ellison assault, booker groping, ted kennedy murder)
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5 posted on 10/01/2018 5:58:28 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Get in the Spirit! The Spirit of '76!)
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To: Gamecock

Wood Jr.
slammed into a tree


6 posted on 10/01/2018 6:00:43 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (alea iacta est)
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To: AppyPappy

That was probably due to a ruptured spleen.

A person can seem fine after a car accident and then die later.


7 posted on 10/01/2018 6:01:14 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Gamecock

And he died hungry. That’s the worst part.


8 posted on 10/01/2018 6:02:31 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The MSM is in the business of creating a fake version of reality for political reasons.)
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not funny


9 posted on 10/01/2018 6:03:35 AM PDT by deks
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To: Gamecock

There but for the grace of God...


10 posted on 10/01/2018 6:05:25 AM PDT by dead
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To: Gamecock

I guess it is to late for him to take a remedial driving class. His skills were lacking.


11 posted on 10/01/2018 6:06:47 AM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: Gamecock

Another data point for manual transmission over automatic.


12 posted on 10/01/2018 6:10:56 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I laughed.


13 posted on 10/01/2018 6:12:34 AM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: Gamecock

unless you consider the guy a freak!


14 posted on 10/01/2018 6:12:57 AM PDT by gr8eman (Since God has been banished from our classrooms, Satan has filled the void.)
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To: Gamecock

Sadly, a man named Wood was killed by a tree. Special Darwin category for ironies?


15 posted on 10/01/2018 6:13:11 AM PDT by IamConservative (I was nervous like the third chimp in line for the Ark after rain had started falling.)
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To: Gamecock

In his head, he was thinking of a Jumbo Jack and in the end, his head had a jumbo crack.


16 posted on 10/01/2018 6:13:54 AM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: Gamecock

No wonder people keep saying that fast food is unhealthy.


17 posted on 10/01/2018 6:19:42 AM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: jiggyboy

Another reason I guess as to why I have manual boxes.


18 posted on 10/01/2018 6:21:00 AM PDT by wally_bert (I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
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To: Gamecock

Wood, tree the Irony.


19 posted on 10/01/2018 6:26:26 AM PDT by Gasshog ( Fight climate change - Try beating the air and scream at the sky)
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To: freedumb2003
John Barleycorn . . . last time I heard that expression used was in the old Buck Owens song Cigarettes and Whiskey and Wild, Wild Women . . .
20 posted on 10/01/2018 6:27:43 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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