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The woman of his dreams

2007 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

"It was an accident, I saw everything, the dude was hanging out the door and ZAP!" was one eyewitness account. This was the fate of an anonymous microbus driver's assistant in Naucalpan, Mexico City.

Microbuses are a mode of transportation unique to Mexico City. Essentially pick up trucks with a fiberglass passenger cabin instead of the normal body, they are notorious for being cramped, uncomfortable, noisy and rarely given any maintenance. They're also the cause of around 40% of all car accidents in Mexico City, according to some estimations.

This particular man's job was to shout out the route to potential passengers; like most guys like him, he always did it while partially hanging out the door of the bus, holding on with one hand. On that fateful day, "a lady, a very good looking lady" drew his attention. "He couldn't even speak, he just stared lustfully as the girl was left behind by the bus. He never saw that tree on the sidewalk", and he obviously wasn't able to avoid it either. He was hit by a tree branch, fell off the bus, bounced against a telephone pole to the ground and had his skull crushed by the right rear wheel of his own microbus.

As for the lady who so captivated this unidentified man (who had no ID and whose name was a mistery even to the driver), "I don't know where she went. I was too busy watching the accident" said Esteban, the owner of a fresh fruit stall a few meters from the scene.

Submitted on 06/11/2007

Submitted by: Miguel Angel Ordorica Velázquez
Reference: "metro" newspaper, Friday, June 1st, 2007, "seguridad" section, page 17

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James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
This is a damn funny submission, Miguel! Things like this only happen in cartoons (only the character gets back up again). I imagine there is a time and a place for admiring the fair sex, but doing so while hanging out of a moving and already unsafe vehicle is a sure ticket to the hereafter!


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Thanks for a great story, Miguel. This is classic Darwin grade behavior. Hanging out of a moving vehicle is stupid enough, but not watching where the vehicle is going while doing it is just asking for a DA!


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