Auto Darwinism Strikes again

Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 13:25:24 -0400
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>From: znp9revh@whab.pbz (PAUL G MAC KINNON)
>
From the "Arkansas Democrat Gazette," 25 July 1996
>
>Two local men were seriously injured when their pick-up truck left the
>road and struck a tree near Cotton Patch on State Hwy 38 early Mon.
>morning.  Woodruff County Deputy Dovey Snyder reported the accident
>shortly after midnight.
>
>Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc, and Billy Ray Wallis, 38, of Little Rock,
>were listed in serious condition at Baptist Medical Center.  The accident
>occurred as the two men were returning to Des Arc after a frog gigging
>trip.  On an overcast Sunday night, Poole's pick-up truck headlights
>malfunctioned.  The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on the
>older model truck had burned out.  As a replacement fuse was not
>available, Wallis noticed that the .22 caliber bullet from his pistol fit
>perfectly into the fuse box next to the steering wheel column.  Upon
>inserting the bullet, the headlights again began to operate properly and
>the two men proceeded east-bound toward White River bridge.
>
>After traveling approximately twenty miles and just before crossing the
>river, the bullet apparently overheated, discharged and struck Poole in
>the right testicle.  The vehicle swerved sharply to the right exiting the
>pavement and striking a tree.
>
>Poole suffered minor cuts and abrasions from the accident, but will
>require surgery to repair the other wound.  Wallis sustained a broken
>clavicle and was treated and released.  "Thank God we weren't on that
>bridge when Thurston shot his nuts off or we might both be dead" stated
>Wallis.
>
>"I've been a trooper for ten years in this part of the world, but this is
>a first for me.  I cant believe that those two would admit how this
>accident happened," said Snyder.
>
>Upon being notified of the wreck, Lavinia, Poole's wife, asked how many
>frogs the boys had caught and did anyone get them from the truck.
>