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Camp fire in a Van

2008 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Darwin says, "Thanks for the submission, but no thanks, because this was a hungry homeless person who was accidentally locked into a vehicle. People on the fringe of society have fewer options than the rest of us."
ORIGINAL SUBMISSION:

On October 5th 2008 Keene NH Police were summoned to an incident that had occurred on Pleasant Street at the rear of the community kitchen in Keene. Upon looking into the incident it appears that a 24 yr male broke into the soup kitchens van over the weekend which was parked at the rear of the building on Pleasant street. After getting inside and closing the door he decides it’s a little cold in there. So he decides to start a fire to stay warm and sets some cardboard boxes on fire that were in the back of the van. The problem is, the van has a cage behind the front seats separating the rear of the van from the passenger/drivers area front compartment. The van also has child proof locks in the rear so the doors only open from the outside. So the van fills up with smoke, and he attempts unsuccessfully to kick the rear window out of the van. Yep, you guessed it…. Ball game for him. DARWIN award?

Submitted on 10/14/2008

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: Inside source Keene PD

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Since there's no public article about this the best we can do is a PA, but it's definitely deserving. If you see any news articles about this please let us know and we can upgrade this to a full blown Darwin.


James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Oh, but there IS a public article, right there in the Keene, NH paper! While I cannot pay their price to actually access the article, their search engine description is sufficient proof for me, and here's the link! http://www.sentinelsource.com/shared-content/search/?search=go&l=25&q=fire+van&s=relevance&Submit=Search (BTW this is only good for seven days, but I DID see it!)


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