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Old 01.11.2008
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Man dies running across Houston freeway
Man dies running across Houston freeway
1/11/08
Houston Chronicle, United States
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A man died after being hit by two 18-wheel trucks and two cars on the East Freeway near Mercury early today, police said.
The man ran across the eastbound lanes of the freeway at about 12:10 a.m., then jumped into the westbound lanes and was hit by the first truck, Houston police accident investigator Officer D. J. Guiterrez said.
"We know he was hit by at least four vehicles," he said. "He got hit by one 18-wheeler, then he was run over by two cars and then by another 18-wheeler."
The drivers of the four vehicles either stopped or called police after the incident, Gutierrez said.
No positive identification of the man had been made by 5 a.m., Gutierrez said.
The incident marks at least the third pedestrian highway death in recent weeks.
On Dec. 30, a man was killed after he tried to cross lanes in the 8600 block of the Southwest Freeway.
Ten days earlier, Traveon LeBlanc, 12, was hit and killed by motorists after running across lanes in the 10200 block of the Gulf Freeway during a morning rainstorm.
A fifth-grader at Schneider Middle School, Traveon was identified through dental records the next day, police said.
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I dont know why people think they can run across the freeway. It just doesnt make sense!
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The frogger generation
Amazing but watching cops people try it all the time
Maybe just like in new york people assume the cars will stop
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There was a man that died here about 2-3 weeks ago on Hwy 75 (Central Expressway) in North Texas...it was in Denison actually. He ran out of gas and decided to try and cross 2 lanes of traffic, but got hit by an eighteen wheeler. Very sad.
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People Just Think They Can Out Run Vehicles.
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Old 02.04.2008
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if its not bad enough already that he got hit by one truck , he got hit by two
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I don't mean to be callous, well yes I do...
That guy is a candidate for the annual Darwin Awards

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I have seen some stupid stuff while driving a truck, and I have seen people run across a 6 lane interstate as if they were running across a field....I would never try to beat a four wheeler and let alone an 18 wheeler....no way...I just can't imagine being THAT stupid.....oh well guess thats life!
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Its sad this man lost his life. Now I am going to be a jerk.
1. Do you think they will do an autopsy? Why? We know how he died.

2. Is there going to be some idiot that tries to figure out cause of death? Trying to figure out which of the four cars actually killed him. I can see some investigator saying, "He was killed by the second car."
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"He died from a heart attack as a result from his contact with the first car."

3. Was he in one piece? If he was. REALLY!
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I don't mean to be callous, well yes I do...
That guy is a candidate for the annual Darwin Awards

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Thinning the shallow end of the gene pool. In this guys case and many others like him posted at your link I don't even think it was a pool, more like a wading puddle.

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