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Woman was 'wearing' snake during fatal crash
Bay City News ^ | 01-03-2005

Posted on 01/05/2005 7:41:10 AM PST by lindor

Rohnert Park -- Police have identified a woman who was apparently wearing a live boa constrictor as a fashion accessory when she was killed in a single-car crash early New Year's Day.

Rohnert Park police Sgt. Art Sweeney said Margaret Ann Walters, 29, of Cotati, died when her Saab slammed broadside into a grove of redwood trees in the center divide of the Rohnert Park Expressway near Rancho Verde Mobile Home Park.

Sweeney said an open container of alcohol was found in the vehicle and toxicology tests to determine if Walters was intoxicated are pending. He said Walters was returning home from a New Year's Eve party when the accident occurred at 3:10 a.m.

Rohnert Park public safety Sgt. Wulff Reinhold, who responded to the crash, got a surprise when he reached through a broken window of the car to check for a pulse on Walters' neck, Sweeney said.

Reinhold noticed Walters' clothing "rustled" and discovered a 3-feet-long boa constrictor on her person.

Sweeney said an autopsy ruled out the possibility that the snake strangled Walters.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: California
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Wardrobe Malfunction.
1 posted on 01/05/2005 7:41:12 AM PST by lindor
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To: lindor

Expect legislation.


2 posted on 01/05/2005 7:42:45 AM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: lindor

I'm happy that the snake could outlive the stupidity of its' master.


3 posted on 01/05/2005 7:43:59 AM PST by thegreatbeast (Quid lucrum istic mihi est?)
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To: lindor

Looks like the car really slithered off the road.


4 posted on 01/05/2005 7:44:08 AM PST by theDentist (Jerry Springer: PBS for White Trash)
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To: theDentist
Looks like the car really slithered off the road.

The scale of this is enormous.

5 posted on 01/05/2005 7:45:38 AM PST by Recovering Hermit
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To: lindor

Thank goodness the snake is okay . . .8^)


6 posted on 01/05/2005 7:45:53 AM PST by BenLurkin (Big government is still a big problem.)
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To: lindor

Note to the public:

I absolutely cannot be a Good Samaritan or a responsible citizen when snakes are involved. I've got the worst phobia about snakes. I can't even touch a picture of a snake.

You're bleeding and a snake is between you and me...you just keep bleeding.


7 posted on 01/05/2005 7:46:05 AM PST by GOP_Proud (Those who proclaim tolerance have the least for my views.)
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To: lindor
Reinhold noticed Walters' clothing "rustled" and discovered a 3-feet-long boa constrictor on her person.

For a moment I thought all she was wearing was the snake...

8 posted on 01/05/2005 7:46:42 AM PST by null and void (I refuse to live my life as if someone, somewhere will be offended if I laugh...)
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To: lindor
This woman is the example of what Liberals use in their arguments for mandatory seatbelt and helmet laws.

In their eyes, the public is too stupid to make the intelligent choice for themselves.

9 posted on 01/05/2005 7:47:47 AM PST by DCPatriot (I don't do politically correct very well either.)
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To: theDentist

Just maybe, it was the Snakes fault. Just maybe.

10 posted on 01/05/2005 7:48:36 AM PST by lindor (If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of Progress?)
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To: AppyPappy

Who hasn't spent at least one New Year's Eve driving around all blitzed at 3:00AM with a bottle of booze in their hand with a snake around their neck?


11 posted on 01/05/2005 7:48:55 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: mhking; aculeus; Happygal; general_re; BlueLancer; Poohbah; hellinahandcart; Constitution Day; ...
Sweeney said an open container of alcohol was found in the vehicle and toxicology tests to determine if Walters was intoxicated are pending.

As its behavior could have contributed to the crash, the boa also needs testing.

;-)

12 posted on 01/05/2005 7:49:02 AM PST by dighton
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To: Recovering Hermit
The scale of this is enormous.

I agree. Therefore, it is time to de-fang the snake lobby. We must act now. Their venomous propoganda is choking the body politic and the antidote is obvious.

13 posted on 01/05/2005 7:51:15 AM PST by Taliesan (The power of the State to do good is the power of the State to do evil.)
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To: lindor
APPROVED !
14 posted on 01/05/2005 7:51:24 AM PST by traumer
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To: lindor
"No, you idiot! I meant a FEATHER boa!"
15 posted on 01/05/2005 7:51:44 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (Am Yisrael Chai!)
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To: dead
Who hasn't spent at least one New Year's Eve driving around all blitzed at 3:00AM with a bottle of booze in their hand with a snake around their neck?

Or dreamed of it. Imagine what the snake is thinking "Someone get this drunk broad offa me".

16 posted on 01/05/2005 7:51:57 AM PST by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: theDentist

Well, she heard some kind of rattle in the engine. : )


17 posted on 01/05/2005 7:52:02 AM PST by Bluegrass Conservative
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To: GOP_Proud
> I've got the worst phobia about snakes. I can't even touch a picture of a snake


18 posted on 01/05/2005 7:52:14 AM PST by theFIRMbss
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To: lindor

Don't know for sure, but based on this story I'm guessing that she must have been one hell of a fun girl to party with.


19 posted on 01/05/2005 7:52:43 AM PST by cspackler (There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
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To: Recovering Hermit

The newspapers get hissterical over incidents like this.


20 posted on 01/05/2005 7:53:34 AM PST by ZULU (Fear the government which fears your guns. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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