Teen to face littering charge after bra flies off antenna

The Columbus Dispatch ^ | October 13, 2006

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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 he’ll meet with troopers before filing the charge.

The girl’s 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.

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"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."

That's why I was wondering if it was an SUV of some sort. Otherwise, I'd say this kid was moving along ... .