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Child's Play?

2008 Reader Submission
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This appeared in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Stark County man killed on homemade bike ramp Posted by Maggi Martin May 12, 2008 10:24AM Categories: Breaking News A Stark County man died on his birthday of head and neck injuries when he crashed on a bike he was riding over a homemade backyard ramp this weekend.

James Johnson, 53, of Lawrence Township, died Sunday at Mercy Medical Center.

Stark County Coroner's chief investigator Harry Campbell said an autopsy will be completed today.

An initial exam showed Johnson suffered

Submitted on 05/12/2008

Submitted by: Bello Stronzo
Reference: Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 12, 2008

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
At 53 he certainly should have known enough to wear safety gear at the very least. Thanks, Bello. Here's a link to an article: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/05/stark_county_man_killed_on_kid.html


James said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
He's apparently dead of his injuries, so this would be a full DA if approved. Not much is mentioned about this man's physiology, or whether or not he did in fact wear safety gear. Lacking those details, I cannot just assume he wasn't the victim of bad luck! If more details surface PROVING stupidity beyond a shadow of a doubt, I will definitely approve this incident! Thanks just the same, Bello!


Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Definitely different. I think there's maybe three or four "homemade ramp" stories in the slush pile and archives (events, not stories!). And totally stupid. There's a _reason_ why there's books and discs on these things, awa professionals! AND if he was doing it w/o proper gear and/or in bad physical shape, that just raises the stupid-o-meter. It could use a better write up, but thanks for a good story!


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