Thursday, January 22, 2009

Doofus Of The Day #149


Our Doofus today is from Oldsmar, FL.

Authorities say an Oldsmar man crashed into a parked pick-up truck, a business, a fence and a tree before he finally landed in the Pinellas County Jail.

According to a news release, Scott Lane Crowther left a store Tuesday night, climbed into his car and backed into the truck. He then rammed the truck through the front window of the business he had just left.

But Crowther kept driving, plowing through a fence and crashing into a vacant business. He hit a tree while he was trying to flee the scene and witnesses held him until deputies arrived.

Crowther was taken to a hospital with injuries that weren't life threatening.


I can't help but wonder what caused that. Doesn't sound like alcohol - he wasn't at a bar. To hit all those things, in rapid succession . . . that takes some doing! Definitely a Doofus candidate - plus the 'Press On Regardless' award for the month?



Peter

2 comments:

Crucis said...

If not drunk, I'd say he had a panic reaction. I've seen that a few times before after an accident or an action that had unexpected results.

Usually it's just an isolated and frequently comical situation. However, I once saw a man who, after accidentally cutting off some fingers with a band saw, proceed to cut off a portion of his other hand trying to pick up the lost fingers. Most times he was a calm clear-headed person. Not that day.

Anonymous said...

i was there and this dude was drunk.i agree about the panic attack or whatever.but he was OUT OF IT.after crashing into all those cars .a business and ramming his car into a tree this guy would have 2 be superman 2 try and get get away.he wont be driving 4 a longgggg time thats good.but it was henneseys bar he walked out of.