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January 20, 2011

Idiot Watch in the Pacific Northwest

Burn Victims In Bellevue Car Fire Were Filling Gas While Driving - News Story - KIRO Seattle
BELLEVUE, Washington -- A fire that engulfed a van in Bellevue on Wednesday was caused by the passengers filling up the van with gas while it was being driving, Bellevue police investigators said..... The woman said she and her two friends had bought gas at a Factoria gas station, but were having trouble keeping the van running. She said they didn't have a gas can, so they filled an open bucket with two gallons of gas and put it in the van. The engine cowling -- a piece of metal that covered the engine and which was located between the two front seats of the van -- had been removed, the woman said. The passengers used a water bottle to transfer gas from the bucket directly into the carburetor in order to keep the engine running.

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BELLEVUE, Washington -- A fire that engulfed a van in Bellevue on Wednesday was caused by the passengers filling up the van with gas while it was being driving, Bellevue police investigators said.....
I doubt that they said it THAT way.

Posted by: Jewel at January 20, 2011 5:05 PM

And they can't win the Darwin Award because they are still alive.

Posted by: Fat Man at January 20, 2011 5:45 PM

Give them points for problem solving and good old American ingenuity. Sure, *you* wouldn't do it, but what new thing have you discovered lately?

Posted by: chuck at January 20, 2011 7:56 PM

@Jewel: Actually, that _is_ the way they said it: http://www.kirotv.com/news/26560272/detail.html?

Posted by: Al Johnson at January 20, 2011 8:33 PM

Were they blond?

Posted by: Cilla Mitchell, Galveston Texas at January 21, 2011 2:02 AM

Sue the snot out of the auto maker. I guarantee there was no 102 square inch warning sticker against pouring raw fuel onto the hot engine anywhere on the sun visor.

Wait until the next people sue because they weren't warned against breaking the windshield into small bits and trying to scrub out the redness in their bloodshot eyes.

Posted by: Scott M at January 21, 2011 3:59 AM

Were there, beneath the smell of gasoline, the smells of patchouli and marijuana? :-)

Posted by: pst314 at January 21, 2011 7:25 AM

@Jewel Remember this occurred on the Left coast where English grammar isn't spoken or written in the public schools. They speak Diversity with a multi-culti accent.

Posted by: Peccable at January 21, 2011 8:50 AM

They speak Diversity with a multi-culti accent

An sum o dem speaks Ebola

Posted by: Don Rodrigo at January 21, 2011 9:23 AM

Do we not remember how difficult it is to find an honest mechanic?

Posted by: james wilson at January 21, 2011 10:00 AM

Any questions about who they voted for in the last presidential election?

Posted by: MOTUS at January 21, 2011 10:18 AM

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2011 7:49 AM

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