Man distracted by pelican drives Bugatti in marsh
11-12-2009, 03:18 PM
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Man distracted by pelican drives Bugatti in marsh
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...3S51.DTL&tsp=1
A man blamed a low-flying pelican and a dropped cell phone for his veering his million-dollar sports car off a road and into a salt marsh near Galveston. The accident happened about 3 p.m. Wednesday on the frontage road of Interstate 45 northbound in La Marque, about 35 miles southeast of Houston.
The Lufkin, Texas, man told of driving his luxury, French-built Bugatti Veyron when the bird distracted him, said La Marque police Lt. Greg Gilchrist. The motorist dropped his cell phone, reached to pick it up and veered off the road and into the salt marsh. The car was half-submerged in the brine about 20 feet from the road when police arrived.
Gilchrist said he doesn't know if the car was salvageable, but in his words, "Salt water isn't good for anything." He says the man, whose identity hasn't been released, was not injured.
A 2006 Bugatti Veyron was recently offered for sale in Jonesboro, Ark., for $1.25 million.
The Lufkin, Texas, man told of driving his luxury, French-built Bugatti Veyron when the bird distracted him, said La Marque police Lt. Greg Gilchrist. The motorist dropped his cell phone, reached to pick it up and veered off the road and into the salt marsh. The car was half-submerged in the brine about 20 feet from the road when police arrived.
Gilchrist said he doesn't know if the car was salvageable, but in his words, "Salt water isn't good for anything." He says the man, whose identity hasn't been released, was not injured.
A 2006 Bugatti Veyron was recently offered for sale in Jonesboro, Ark., for $1.25 million.
11-12-2009, 04:05 PM
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11-12-2009, 04:35 PM
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Seriously. Get a Bluetooth Headset or something. Heck, I have some wired headphones that I use when driving so I'm not distracted by the phone (most of the time I won't even bother answering the phone anyways).
11-12-2009, 04:48 PM
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here's a link with picture:
http://www.galvestondailynews.com/st...2e1da427373dfb
http://www.galvestondailynews.com/st...2e1da427373dfb
