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Drove 2.5 miles on the wrong way

2008 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Kleber Plens, 27, Brazilian, drove 4 km (2.5 miles) on the wrong way of a high speed highway in São Paulo before crashing his car into a full loaded truck.

Surveillance cameras taped the deceased few moments before impact.

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u373533.shtml

http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Cbm1XmBqY

Submitted on 02/18/2008

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u373533.shtml

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James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Having seen the clip and having read a translation of the article, I find no conclusive evidence of suicide (though that may be the case) or drug/alcohol use. As such, the evidence for a DA is pretty damning. He deliberately turned into oncoming traffic! Unless my fellow mods beg to differ, I see no reason why this shouldn't be considered!


Chip said:
Neutral: For Darwin's Eyes
To make a U-Turn on the highway, see all of the other traffic dodging around him, and still continue on does indicate the person was trying hard for a Darwin Award. But this one needs a much better write up. I dare say that the video will not be around for long and without it, this one has little chance of making it into print, etc.


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
I agree that this could use a better writeup but as James said there's no evidence of suicide so I'm willing to vote for this one. Thanks!


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