Escaped Inmates May Have Been Crushed To Death In Trash Truck (Darwin Award)

AP ^ | July 15, 2005

[Godzilla]

A medical examiner office in Louisville, Ky., is conducting autopsies to determine whether two inmates whose bodies were found in a landfill were crushed to death.
Investigators believe the inmates may have been loaded into a garbage truck from a dumpster.
Authorities think the men were hiding in the dumpster after escaping Wednesday from the Kentucky State Reformatory in La Grange.

[Godzilla]

Hauling away the trash.

[Old Grumpy]

"Kentucky Corrections officials say they expect the incident to deter future escape attempts."

That's priceless!

[Zero Sum]

As long as we're bringing up the Darwin Awards, this is good for an honorable mention:

Marine Had Cousin Shoot Him To Avoid Iraq

[kellynla]

Steve McQueen & Ali McGraw were a little luckier in "The Getaway"...LOL

[b4its2late]

You don't see any GITMO prisoners trying this stunt.

[George from New England]

That's just the movie I thought of too!

It would have been a very short film if it turned out this way!

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[dc-zoo]

Garbage in.. Garbage out.

[incredulous joe]

If this happened to any of the terrorists down there at GITMO I guarantee the press in this country would go nuts!

These poor stupid schleps in Kentucky probably won't rate 20 more posts on this thread.

[Enterprise]

Garbage in, garbage out.

[gov_bean_ counter]

"Kentucky Corrections officials say they expect the incident to deter future escape attempts."

I didn't think fear of death was a crime deterrent.

[tubebender]

Compacted Ping...

[Steelerfan]

That IS what all the deal penalty opponents tell us.

[TNCMAXQ]

Too bad we can't administer this kind of death penalty to countless other murderers, rapists, child abusers, etc.

[Cyclopean Squid]

A photo of one of the unfortunates...but I have a feeling he'll be back...

[Steely Tom]

This is unconscionable.

Federal OSHA regulations must be immediately amended to require electronic scream detectors in the cargo spaces of all garbage trucks, which detectors must be wired to interlock the compression mechanism.

(steely)

[tophat9000]

Talk about being depressed and down in the dumps

[N. Theknow]

GIGO Garbage in, Garbage out.

[b4its2late]

[Cyclopean Squid]

Alas...the dreaded red X. For those who can't see it, it's the Shredder from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. He shall die as he lived...without honor.