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Teen to face littering charge after bra flies off antenna
The Columbus Dispatch ^
| October 13, 2006
Posted on 10/13/2006 9:56:43 AM PDT by flutters
A teenager who put her bra on a car antenna before it flew off and led to a highway accident will be charged with littering, a prosecutor said.
Emily Davis, 17, of Bowling Green, told investigators she took her bra off while her friend was driving on I-75.
James Campbell, who was driving behind the girls, said he swerved to avoid the bra and his car flipped several times.
Campbell, 37, broke a vertebra in his neck during the accident on Sept. 26. His passenger, Jeff Long, 40, broke several ribs.
A State Highway Patrol crash report said that the girls told investigators that before the accident, the men were motioning to them to lift up their shirts.
Both men denied making the gestures.
Davis will be charged next week with misdemeanor littering, said Tim Atkins, a Juvenile Court prosecutor in Wood County. Atkins said hell meet with troopers before filing the charge.
The girls friend, Tabitha Adams, 17, of Bowling Green, said she told Davis not to hang her bra outside because she knew it would fly away, according to the report.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: emilydavis; flyingbra; gotoffeasy; hatewhenthathappens; jamescampbell; jefflong; redbraincident; tabithaadams
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To: Dianna
"John Campbell, 37... Jeff Long, 40..."
The article fails to mention if these two guys are married. If so, expect their injuries to worsen.
To: UncleDick
Bet momma's REAL proud of her little slu ...er, I mean, little girl.
62
posted on
10/13/2006 10:49:23 AM PDT
by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary. You have the right to be wrong.)
To: nevergore
Probably swerved to try and catch it.
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posted on
10/13/2006 10:52:48 AM PDT
by
stumpy
To: stylecouncilor
To: flutters
James Campbell, who was driving behind the girls, said he swerved to avoid the bra and his car flipped several times.Yeah, that's why he swerved...
65
posted on
10/13/2006 11:23:15 AM PDT
by
streetpreacher
(What if you're wrong?)
To: nmh
"Surely a flying bra would not cause someone to lose control of their car like this." Depends on what they were driving. It really doesn't take much to make a suv or mini-suvs' flip and tumble down the road at highway speeds.
To: traditional1
Oh Jeeze! a la Archie Bunker. You can't imagine what its like watching that come in line by ugly line over Chief Potawottamie's smoke signals.
67
posted on
10/13/2006 12:16:35 PM PDT
by
dhuffman@awod.com
(The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
To: traditional1
You're scaring the children, small animals and grown men with that photo--NO warning!
If he was behind the girl's car, he might've sweared if he didn't know it was a bra. If you're heading right for a large white (presumably) object at 30+ mph, you're going to react on instinct to avoid collision.
This warrants more than a "littering" charge, imho. At a minimum she should also lose her license for stupidity.
68
posted on
10/13/2006 2:10:52 PM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(Support Arnold-McClintock or embrace high taxes, gay weddings with Angelides.)
To: traditional1
I came for pics. . . . but . . .
69
posted on
10/13/2006 2:12:23 PM PDT
by
freedomlover
(Sorry, a tagline occurred. The tagline has been logged.)
To: freedomlover
70
posted on
10/13/2006 2:19:11 PM PDT
by
houeto
(Isn't 1400 years of the same shi'ite enough?)
To: nmh; All
I found more information (
Toledo Blade). Other witnesses saw girls flashing vehicles from their Mercury Sable. The bra was RED. The injured men were in a Dodge Neon and one was not wearing a seatbelt and got ejected from the car. It was on a highway so I'd assume the time to react was extremely short.
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posted on
10/13/2006 2:19:43 PM PDT
by
newzjunkey
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To: All; driftdiver
Or not: "Usually a girl will make eye contact and you'll just wave and that will be it. I don't know what those girls were trying to do," Mr. Campbell said. "They went a little overboard and
me and my partner got the worst of it. "
Toledo Blade "Me and my partner" sounds like they're a homosexual couple.
72
posted on
10/13/2006 2:25:50 PM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(Support Arnold-McClintock or embrace high taxes, gay weddings with Angelides.)
To: 1curiousmind
The article fails to mention if these two guys are married. Ping to post 72
73
posted on
10/13/2006 2:29:52 PM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(Support Arnold-McClintock or embrace high taxes, gay weddings with Angelides.)
To: newzjunkey
" "Me and my partner" sounds like they're a homosexual couple."
In that case they probably were afraid of the cooties.
To: SmithL
The winner and still champion!
75
posted on
10/13/2006 2:43:25 PM PDT
by
Doc Savage
(Bueller?....Bueller?...Bueller?...Bueller?...Pelosi?...Pelosi?...Pelosi?...)
To: traditional1
Helen's model probably also has a belt attachment.
76
posted on
10/13/2006 2:43:51 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Meep Meep)
To: Doc Savage
Thank you, thank you.
I'll be here all week.
; )
77
posted on
10/13/2006 3:28:40 PM PDT
by
SmithL
(Where are we going? . . . . And why are we in this handbasket????)
To: newzjunkey
Just tells me none involved had self control hence the lack of concentration on what was important - driving!
78
posted on
10/13/2006 3:48:42 PM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
To: nevergore
That must have been a heck of a big bra to have to swerve to miss it!It was a booby trap...
79
posted on
10/13/2006 3:50:10 PM PDT
by
null and void
("It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret."--Jackie Joyner-Kersee)
To: N. Theknow
80
posted on
10/13/2006 3:51:03 PM PDT
by
null and void
("It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret."--Jackie Joyner-Kersee)
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