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Final Roll Call 4153. STLCO 10-42 10/13 @ 1519
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San Francisco Bay-area man died after being run over by a World War Two-era tank during a family reunion over the weekend at a property owned by the chairman of Jelly Belly Candy Co, officials and the family said.

The California Highway Patrol said 54-year-old Kevin Wright was riding on the front of the 1944 model M5 tank on Saturday afternoon when he lost his balance and fell in front of the vehicle as it traveled down a hill.

The property in the city of Fairfield, about 50 miles northeast of San Francisco, belongs to Jelly Belly Chairman Herman Rowland...

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"The gentleman involved in this accident was a passionate person, always ready to lend a hand and we shared the same deep rooted love of history," Herman Rowland said in a statement. "There are no words to describe the grief we are experiencing."

Police said neither drugs nor alcohol were believed to have factored into the incident.

The Rowland family said it was assisting officials in the investigation and was seeking to provide "intensive counseling" services to those who witnessed the event.

Carter said about 50 people, including children, were in attendance.
http://news.yahoo.com/man-dies-run-over-tank-jelly-belly-chairmans-010901940.html
 
Are we getting a new flavor? Tank Tread road kill jelly belly? Ok, was wrong, but damn helluva way to go.
 
Add this to the list of reasons I won't go to family reunions, I might get run over by a tank.

I should be at about 796 reasons to NOT go to one again.
 
We don't have enough living family to have a reunion... and I'm not fond of parties at the cemetery... (excepting the Halloween kind that is!)
WE don't like each other, either side.

We had a reunion about 5 years ago, I was too damn high to show up, I haven't been invited since. I supposed I've secured my title as the family black sheep with that little stunt.
 
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