Posted on 11/19/2004 3:18:14 PM PST by jolie560
Members of a heartless Long Island gang that hurled a 20-pound turkey through a driver's windshield were nabbed last night as the victim lay in a coma, cops said. Nearly every bone in the woman's face was broken when the bird was tossed from a moving car - hitting her with a force equivalent to a bowling ball dropped from a 20-story building and causing her to lose control of the steering wheel.
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I remember when I was a kid reading a story about some kids dropping a bowling ball from an overpass onto a motorcyclist. The initial injury required the doctors to remove the victims eyes. The victim eventually died, but I remember how horrified I was reading about the senseless act and its aftermath. Ever since I got my license I always look for people just milling about on overpasses.
The victim in this case is in a coma, and has a broken face. Young criminals are the worst somehow.
I stand corrected.
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