Man Tries to Toss Cigarette, SUV Ignites

[Conservativesux]

Man Tries to Toss Cigarette, SUV Ignites

February 18, 2005 8:04 AM EST

SAN FRANCISCO - A man barely escaped serious injury Thursday after a lit cigarette he tried to toss out the window while driving across the Bay Bridge blew back in and ignited the vehicle, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The unidentified man was driving westbound at about 10:40 a.m. when he tossed the cigarette out the window of his Ford Expedition, said CHP Officer Shawn Chase.

Carried by the wind, the cigarette landed in his back seat and almost immediately burst into flames. The man quickly pulled to the side of the road, and leapt from the flame-filled SUV, which continued rolling into a guard rail, Chase said.

"He thought he had thrown it in park, but he didn't and it just kept going," the officer said. "It was in flames by the time he got out. He had some of his hair singed on the back of his head. It burnt down to the frame. There was nothing left."

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[onehandle]

1. One down. A zillion more to go. nt

[Conservativesux]

9. No kidding!!! Its Karma !!

[Zenlitened]

2. A two-fer!

A slob smoker and an SUV driver. Bonus!

Seriously, though. The thing burst INSTANTLY into flames? What's that about?

[BlackVelvetElvis]

3. The seat covers were made out of children's pajamas. nt

[A HERETIC I AM]

4. LMAO!!! now THATS a funny post!

[Placebo]

5. HAHAHAHA!!!!

wait...i drive an SUV & smoke too...:o

[Conservativesux]

7. Use the ashtray.

[dflprincess]

11. I smoke too

but I don't drive an SUV.

I don't care what the guy was driving, I hate it when I see some idiot throw a cigarette out their car window. At least it blew back into his vehicle and not into someone else's car.

[Catch22Dem]

6. Is it OK to laugh?

Because I think that's funny as hell. That's what you get for littering ya PRICK!

[candle_bright]

8. Littering sucks

and it burns too, apparently. B-)

[Conservativesux]

10. In this case I think we can make an exception for the loss of a gas-hog.