Posted on 06/30/2004 9:11:55 AM PDT by 11th Earl of Mar
Florida Woman Dies After Swerving Car To Avoid Turtle
POSTED: 10:03 am EDT June 30, 2004
INDIANTOWN, Fla. -- A 20-year-old woman who veered her car to avoid a turtle flipped the vehicle several times and died Tuesday, Florida Highway Patrol officials said.
Rachel Marie Martin of Sebring was traveling southeast on State Road 710 between Indiantown and Okeechobee in western Martin County when she suddenly turned away from a turtle crossing the roadway, according to an FHP report. The car overturned and landed in the middle of the road.
A passenger, 19-year-old Julie Christine Evans of Tampa, was treated and released from a local hospital. Martin's 1999 Oldsmobile SUV was totaled.
Authorities said Martin was wearing her seat belt and that alcohol was not involved in the crash.
Is the turtle OK?
PETA will give her some kind of award.
It's a faulty reflex...I've got it too.
That's sad. I love animals, but squish the turtle.
Did the turtle survive?
Of course, if she had been driving a passenger car, or knew how to better handle her SUV, she probably wouldn't have rolled over.
Wow, that's the first headline for an accident like this I've seen without "SUV" in bold type.
My first thought, when I heard the vehicle flipped without leaving the road:
Must've been an SUV...
I saw a bumper sticker that read, "I speed up to run over animals." Not a bad idea, perhaps!
Granted, swerving is a reflex, which is probably well known to squirrels here in Florida, who I suspect get their thrills from shooting across the road while their buddies are hanging out in the bushes videotaping the ensuing wreck.
A tragic story that such a young girl died in such an inncident.
>>It's a faulty reflex...I've got it too.<<
As a motorcycle rider, I learned long ago to override the reflex. I've hit two dogs, a puppy, a cat, one possum and countless squirrels.
I try to avoid the deer and humans.
Gamera 1
Rachel 0
If the turtle had died the headline would have read: SUV Kills Again.
Oh MY!!!
The headline actually said CAR!!!!
"Florida Woman Dies After Swerving Car To Avoid Turtle"
They have joined the SUV's in their attempt to destroy humankind!
That is because swerving to miss a turtle could be seen as a good thing. But this story is really tragic, and we should just send our prayers out to this young girl's family.
Darwin Award nominee.
"As a motorcycle rider, I learned long ago to override the reflex. I've hit two dogs, a puppy, a cat, one possum and countless squirrels.
I try to avoid the deer and humans."
Same here....hit a ground hog last week....I suspect I would get an award from my neighbors if they learned of it.
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