Man believed to be using a laptop is killed in car crash

[wilfred]

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la...ck=1&cset=true

Man believed to be using a laptop is killed in car crash

From the Associated Press
February 27, 2007


YUBA CITY, CALIF. ? A man who authorities say appeared to be driving while using his laptop computer died Monday when his car crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with a Hummer.

California Highway Patrol officers found the victim's computer still running and plugged into the cigarette lighter of his 1991 Honda Accord.

The 28-year-old victim was a computer tutor in Chico, Calif. The Sutter County coroner's office was withholding his identity until his family could be notified.

"The screen itself shattered from the impact, so we can't be sure if he was working on it or not, but we think from the way it was found that he might have been working," said Sgt. John Pettigrew, a CHP spokesman. "It's a straight road right there, and it doesn't look like he fell asleep or anything else."

The couple in the Hummer escaped the 8:30 a.m. collision with bumps and bruises, Pettigrew said.

The crash, near the intersection of California highways 99 and 113 about 30 miles north of the capital, totaled both vehicles. It closed a section of Highway 99 south of Yuba City for about two hours.

[dеiтайожни]

Before anyone else says it... it was the Hummer's fault.

[DennisAJC]

I see a bumper sticker for this.

[bparker]

poor dude was prolly using mapquest.com to find the nearest asian massage parlor.....

[Adam in CO]

Originally Posted by bparker

poor dude was prolly using mapquest.com to find the nearest asian "legitimate" massage parlor.....

Fissed.

[bparker]

Ha! he was driving a 91 Honda.... i say it was going for the rubisuki speical

Originally Posted by Adam in CO

Fissed.

[DennisAJC]

* UPDATE *

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la...ck=1&cset=true

Man believed to be using a laptop and died in car crash was logged on to Elcova Hummer Forum.

From the Associated Press
February 27, 2007


YUBA CITY, CALIF. ? A man who authorities say appeared to be driving while using his laptop computer died Monday when his car crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with a Hummer.

He was believed to have been trolling a Hummer site and was enraged when a moderator from the site banned him.

It is also believed that his rage spilled out towards the first Hummer he saw.

Unpossible!!!!! [/quote]

What brand of laptop? Obviously the laptop was more durable than the car.

[GLBLWARMR]

Originally Posted by Steve - SanJose

What brand of laptop? Obviously the laptop was more durable than the car.

It must have been the Hummer laptop.

[Sewie]

Originally Posted by GLBLWARMR

It must have been the Hummer laptop.