Calif. man shoots his way out of sinking SUV

breitbart ^ | 1/18/10 | ap

[Nachum]

ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A driver whose SUV plunged into a Northern California creek after he was startled by his hands-free cell phone device escaped the sinking vehicle by blasting out the window with a handgun. The 28-year-old man, whose name wasn't immediately available, is an armed security guard at Thunder Valley Casino, north of Sacramento. He sustained minor injuries in Sunday's accident.

[NMEwithin]

He was startled by his hands free phone???????

[USMCPOP]

I shot the window,
but I meant to hit the cell phone instead.

[Egon]

He was startled by his hands free phone???????

It probably woke him up.

[Leo Farnsworth]

SUV Attempts To Drown Man...

[21twelve]

I thought you were starting to sing a song.

I shot the window,
but I did not shoot my AT&T.

(I imagine after firing his gun inside his vehicle he’ll be using the ‘vibrate’ feature for awhile!)

[21twelve]

Justifiable, self defense shooting.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Good thing he had a legal gun!

[109ACS]

He’ll hear ringing in his ears for a very long time.

Trust me on this.

[EnderWiggins]

I’m not sure that a man who gets startled by a cell phone should be carrying a loaded gun.

Just sayin’

[Mrs.Z]

Yet another reason for a CHL.

All passengers in cars driven by Kennedys should be carrying (for alot of reasons).

[marktwain]

I notice that when Mythbusters did a segment on this, they did not consider using a gun to bust the window to get out.

[Blueflag]

Well, it depends on the caliber. If it was his .357 or his Kimber .45, then yeah, he won’t even hear his phone ring til next week ;-)

But if it was some little .38 purse gun ...

AND, like others have commented on, we need to correct the phrase “after he was startled by his hands-free cell phone device” to read “lost control of his vehicle after screwing with his cel phone on an unfamiliar part of the road.”

[Red Badger]

WE DON'T NEED NO SINKING SUVs!..........................

[Blueflag]

one more thing!

Anywhere. Anytime.

;-)

[arasina]

I shot the window,
but I did not shoot my AT&T.

ROFL!

[blackie]

Damn SUV’s, they’re turning into jihadist suicide downers!

[enraged]

10,000 pieces of glass propelled by 1000’s of gallons of water, sounds like a shredder to me.

[tubebender]

Self defense... Case dismissed

[The Comedian]

Escape from New GM

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.