Posted on 09/19/2007 10:09:14 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
COLUMBIANA COUNTY, Ohio -- Police said a local man, who was diagnosed as legally blind, died after crashing his all-terrain vehicle in Columbiana County.
The crash happened on Sunday evening just south of Lisbon on Steubenville Pike Road.
Columbiana County sheriff’s Deputies told NEWS9 that Charles Hoyle, 34, of Boardman was hanging out with friends when he made the decision that ended his life.
Chief Deputy Allen Haueter said Hoyle was with two friends behind a home on Steubenville Pike when he asked one of his friends if he could ride his ATV.
But Haueter said Hoyle didn’t have a license to drive, and that he was considered legally blind.
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Hold muh white cane and watch this.
Darwin Award.....
One less for the Idiocracy.
well, I don’t see how anything good can come of this
Stupid is as stupid does.
While all legally blind means is that vision is not correctable up to a certain standard, that is still a great reason to not go blazing off on an ATV. It’s hard enough to see every little hole with good vision.
And what’s the deal about not having a license? I didn’t know anyone needed a license to offroad an ATV.
Headline writer fell down on the job, shouldn’t this be,
“ATV Kills Blind Man”??? ;-)
Right up there with those killer SUVs!
Far as I know you don't unless operating it on roads. I don't think that back country unimproved roads count. Might be a State by State thing though.
Definitely don't need one on private property though, which this sounds like actually to place on.
I bet he was having fun...
"Hoyle's friends admitted they all had been drinking prior to the accident."
Nope, Hold muh BEER and watch this.
Well at least he didn’t ask to borrow a rifle out on the range.
Don’t tell me, let me guess....he saw the movie, “Scent Of A Woman” and figured that, if Al Pacino could drive a Ferrari blind, he could drive an ATV blind....
With friends like this, who needs enemies?
With friends like this, who needs enemies?
I can’t see why it is that people are always “considered” or “diagnosed as” legally blind. Either one is legally blind or not. Writers should not lose sight of that fact.
“Anyways”?
He should have seen it coming ...
Police should charge the guy who let him borrow the ATV in the first place. I’m guessing this will wind up in the Darwin Awards somewhere down the road.
You don't need a license to drive an ATV. In the mountains of West Virginia I've seen children as young as 5 riding ATV's.
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