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Old 10-01-2011, 04:31 PM
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Man runs of road into a ravine

Ends up next to another car with a dead body in it.

Calif. man found alive by his children after wreck - Yahoo! News

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Old 10-01-2011, 04:59 PM
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Lucky guy ... OnStar may have helped (however, I'd still rather risk dying like that than consent to spying whenever I drive). Oh, and if the cops knew his approximate location and told his family, where the HELL were the police search parties?
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Old 10-02-2011, 03:47 AM
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I call that 'Buzzard Luck'.
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STrange circumstances. Good for his family taking charge of the matter!
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Old 10-02-2011, 05:54 PM
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Lucky guy ... OnStar may have helped (however, I'd still rather risk dying like that than consent to spying whenever I drive). Oh, and if the cops knew his approximate location and told his family, where the HELL were the police search parties?
Must not have picked his parents right. "We would have helped but we had to escort VIPs to the award show".

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