Sad But True |
A fierce gust of wind blew 45-year-old Vittorio Luise's car into
a river near Naples,Italy in 1983. He managed to escape by punching out a window and went to shore
were a tree landed on him,killing him.
Mike Stewart of Dallas was filming a documentary in
1983 of the dangers of low level bridges when the car he was standing on passed under a low level
bridge, killing him.
Walter Hallas, A 26 year old store clerk in Leeds England was so afraid
of the dentist he decided to ask a co-worker to cure his toothache by punching him in the mouth.The
punch caused Hallas to fall down hitting his head on the tiles, he died later of a skull
fracture.
George Shwartz, owner of a factory in Providence,Rhode Island narrowly escaped
death in 1983 when his factory callasped all except one wall.After treatment for his minor injuries
he decided to returned to the scene for files. The remaining wall collasped and fell on him killing
him.
Depressed that he couldnt find a job 42-year-old Romola Ribolla sat in a diner near
Pisa,Italy, with gun in hand he threatened to kill himself. His wife pleaded for him not to do it,
so after about a half an hour he burst into tears and threw his gun to the floor. It went off and
killed his wife.
In 1976,A 22-year-old named,Bob Finnegan was passing busy fall roads in
Belfast when a taxi hit him and he flipped over the roof, the taxi drove away and as Finnegan lay in
shock on the road another car hit him. He rolled into the gutter as again the car drove away as a
crowd of gawkers huddled around to see the barely concious Irishmen. A delivery van ploughed through
the crowd and three more people were injured and an even more battered Bob Finnegan.When a fourth
vehicle drove through, the crowd wisely moved out of the way leaving Bob Finnegan to get hit once
again. In the span of two minutes,Bob Finnegan had suffered a fractured skull,broken pelvis,broken
leg and other assorted injuries but hospital officials said he would eventualy
recover.
Hitting on a idea that he could end his wife's nagging by giving her a good scare,
Hungarien Jake Fen built an elaborate harness to make it look as if he hanged himself.When his wife
came home and saw him she fainted. Hearing a disturbance a neighbor came over and, finding what she
thought were two corpses,she seized the oppertunity to loot the place. When she was leaving the
house arms full of things, Mr. Fen outraged and suspended, kicked in the backside.This suprised the
women so much she had a heart attack and died. Happily, Mr. Fen and his wife were aquitted of
manslaughter and he and his wife were reconciled.
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