Posted on 02/20/2009 6:38:53 AM PST by DemforBush
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY - Miami-area transportation officials have recently been plagued by graffiti artists leaving large bold 'tags' on important overhead traffic signs -- and now one-such artist may have fallen from a perch to his death, according to local television reports.
The incident happened about 1 a.m. today along the southbound lanes of the Palmetto Expressway near the Bird Road exit, according to WSVN.
Officials on the scene said investigators recovered a can of white spray paint but can't yet be certain that the man was about to deface an overhead green and white traffic sign.
"He may have been up there tagging the sign, but we don't want to say that's exactly what he was doing," Florida Highway Patrol trooper Franciso Lozano told WSVN.
Investigators say the 28-year-old man was on a catwalk above the roadway and fell some 20 to 25 feet to the roadway below, where he was hit by a pick-up truck. The driver stopped at the scene...
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LOL, could not have happened to a more deserving person.
Leni
28 seems a little old for this type of crime. Hope he didn’t spawn any little criminals before meeting his just desserts.,
This is tragic.
Obama had a place for him in his new Work Force, to
be sure.
THere’s so much graffiti around way up high, makes me wonder why we’ve never heard of a fall-to-the-death before.
I imagine he is self-employed at his day job, "sleep specialist."
“mourn”...erg.
Pit-y
make choices
probably stepped back to admire his work...
..yeah he must have grown out of the subway surfing fad
Most crimes are perpetrated by a very small number of criminals. This death (while tragic as any death is, particularly to loved ones) will stop probably 25% to 33% of this "plague" of graffiti.
Sadly, I'd be surprised if he doesn't have at least 2 or 3 "babymamas" out there already whom he provides no child support to.
Officials on the scene said investigators recovered a can of white spray paint but can't yet be certain that the man was about to deface an overhead green and white traffic sign.Yeah, right 'officials'.
STOO-PID™ doofuses
“And now there’s a Chalk Outline of him to record his being there.”
I hear they used spray paint instaed of chalk for the outline, as a tribute to the “artist”.
And the world will be a better place... for you... and me... just wait... and see!
We need more good news like this. Instant rehabilitation!
That’s one way to make your mark.
It’s a shame some cop had to squeegee his remains off the pavement though, a little bit of consideration for the people who have to clean up your mess would be nice.
LOL
“I’m...too clumsy to go rob,
“Too clumsy to go rob,
“Too clumsy to go rob, life’s going to leave me....”
I’ll never know why they insist on putting the word artist after the word graffiti. They don’t belong together.
Graffiti is the intellectual equivalent of a dog pi**ing on a fire hydrant.
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