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his friend's car. Johnson
managed to stand for three quarters of a mile before falling
onto the highway and sustaining fatal head
injuries. Atlanta Constitution, June
20, 1991
    110. Seatbelt Fatality. An Indiana coroner reported one case of a 13 year old boy
who died because he was wearing a seatbelt. The seatbelt was lashed
around his ankles and tied to the hood of his friend's car at the
time. The young man was "car surfing" on a dirt road at about 40
mph when the driver lost control of the vehicle and rolled the car
into the ditch. The surfer was still tied to the car when the
rescuers arrived. They were unable to revive him. The coroner noted
that car surfing was featured in the 1985 movie, Teen Wolf , starring
Michael J. Fox. Journal of Forensic
Sciences (1992) Volume 37-6
    111. Dead Pool. Indiana teenager, Andre Hurt, 17, drowned in a hotel swimming pool
while attending a family reunion in St. Louis. Hurt, a
non swimmer, was standing in the shallow end of the pool when
he announced to friends that he was going underwater to see how
long he could hold his breath. A few moments later the friends saw
Hurt's body on the bottom of the deep end. Hurt could not be
resuscitated. St. Louis Post Dispatch,
August 4, 1997
    112. Reverse Dirty Harry. At a card game with friends, Xavier Ricks, 19, pulled out a
revolver and loaded it with a single bullet then pointed it at his
three friends while pulling the trigger. Mistakenly thinking that
he was on an empty cylinder, Ricks pulled the trigger for the
fourth time with the barrel of the gun in his mouth. The Homicide
Bureau Chief commented, "We have been dealing with this kind of
incident for years. I've been carrying a gun for 30 years, and it's
an awesome responsibility." Buffalo
News, April 24, 1994
    113. Mercy Chicken. Friends still dispute exactly how Graham Glickfeld, 31, of Fremont,
California, ended up being run over by a close friend. Some say
that Glickfeld, a life long sufferer of Tourettes's syndrome
finally got someone to take him up on one of his frequent offers of
money to end his tortured lonely existence. Others say Glickfeld
and his friend were simply playing
"chicken." Chicago Tribune, December
31, 1989
    114. Out with a Bang! Tim Choate, 15, and his best friend, Michael Untersee, 13, killed
themselves spectacularly while playing with fireworks. The boys lit
the toy explosives while playing on top of a 20,000-gallon oil
tank, near Oklahoma City. The boys' bodies were found over 200 feet
away while the explosion itself could be seen for several
miles. Associated Press, June 22,
1997
    115. Wired. Massachusetts fisherman, Barry Hines, 18, was electrocuted by
overhead electrical wires. Hines and a friend were walking home
after midnight one Friday night when Hines suddenly began climbing
a utility pole. The pole had climbing rungs for workers, which
began 6 feet above ground. Hines was killed when he touched
one of the 4000 volt electrical wires supported by the pole.
Power to area residents had to be shut off while rescue workers
disentangled Hines' body from the cable TV and telephone wires that
hung below the electrical lines. Boston Globe, April 15, 1984
    116. Banzai! Napa California high school students were trying to set a
"clogging" record on a tubular slide at a local water park. One
teenager was killed and 32 were injured when 50 to 60 kids rushed
onto the 30 foot tall slide. One of the slide's seams broke
causing many of the students to tumble to the
ground. Contra Costa Times, June 5,
1997
    117. Lethal Stealth. Elizabeth Gould, 16, died sneaking out of her Virginia home at
11:30pm. Gould was pushing one of the family cars backwards down
the driveway so the car's engine would not alert her parents. Gould
lost control of the car and crashed into a fence. Gould's parents
woke from the noise to find their daughter's body crushed between
the open driver's door and a fence post. Richmond Times Dispatch, October 21, 1995

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