Only in TEXAS!!! — Forum Archive

14 Jul 2005, 09:03

Corpse Falls Into Traffic in Texas Wed Jul 13, 6:44 PM ET

DALLAS - The body of a Louisiana man strapped to a gurney fell from the back of a pickup truck Tuesday onto a south Dallas highway and into the path of oncoming traffic. "I didn't think it was possible for that to happen," said Mary Ellen Douglas, who was driving to work when she saw what she initially thought was a package that had fallen from a truck.

"I wanted to get out of there. It was too freaky for me," she said in a story in Wednesday's editions of The Dallas Morning News.

Authorities said the driver was carrying the body to a Shreveport, La., funeral home after the man died Monday at a Mesquite hospital.

"The driver of the truck was not aware that he had lost the body," Dallas police Lt. Rick Andrews said. "He saw the open door. He stopped and looked. He turned around, went back and retraced his steps and found the body."

Drivers swerved to avoid the corpse and gurney.

Dallas police Senior Cpl. Max Geron said no charges are expected to be filed.

14 Jul 2005, 11:13

Oh, come on...

Who here hasn't seen a corpse laying in the road after it fell out of the back of a pick up on it's way to Louisiana???? :evil4:

14 Jul 2005, 12:48

the man was probably avoiding crossing into louisiana. do you blame him? :evil4:

14 Jul 2005, 14:05

More from the Only in TEXAS!!! category:

"Fullsized sport utilities have even worse aerodynamics, partly because they have extremely high roofs. As someone who is tall, and with an especially long back, I used to marvel at how much headroom I had in fullsized SUVs. I wondered who could possibly need so much vertical space. The mystery was explained when I met Tom Baughman, Ford's truck engineering director. He pointed out that the big SUVs shared the same roofs as full-sized pickup trucks, and the roofs in fullsized pickup trucks are tall becaus they are designed for a peculiarity of the Texas market, which is the country's biggest market for pickups. 'In Texas, you have to be able to wear your cowboy hat,' he said in total seriousness. 'The proportions have sort of stayed the same.'"

Keith Bradsher, High and Mighty

14 Jul 2005, 14:32

And here's a news report on a shark attack in Texas. Be sure to watch for the woman with the t-shirt depicting Jesus on the cross. Draped in an American flag.

14 Jul 2005, 15:01

bLuE oRdEr wrote: And here's a news report on a shark attack in Texas. Be sure to watch for the woman with the t-shirt depicting Jesus on the cross. Draped in an American flag.

CHEEVERS!

14 Jul 2005, 15:06

Evenin' Biggie!

14 Jul 2005, 21:02

Where was Walker, Texas Ranger when you needed him....oh my god, that was Walker, Texas Ranger! :faint: :cry: :eek:

15 Jul 2005, 06:14

bLuE oRdEr wrote: More from the Only in TEXAS!!! category:

"Fullsized sport utilities have even worse aerodynamics, partly because they have extremely high roofs. As someone who is tall, and with an especially long back, I used to marvel at how much headroom I had in fullsized SUVs. I wondered who could possibly need so much vertical space. The mystery was explained when I met Tom Baughman, Ford's truck engineering director. He pointed out that the big SUVs shared the same roofs as full-sized pickup trucks, and the roofs in fullsized pickup trucks are tall becaus they are designed for a peculiarity of the Texas market, which is the country's biggest market for pickups. 'In Texas, you have to be able to wear your cowboy hat,' he said in total seriousness. 'The proportions have sort of stayed the same.'"

Keith Bradsher, High and Mighty

And, based on sales figures here in the Lone Star State, can you blame the manufacturers?

And don't forget the nice head room in Crown Vics. It's so out state troopers can wear their Stetson's..... :D