Sort of
On the way back from a gig a few years back I got stopped only a few miles from home behind a few cars on the road. Up ahead we could see some sort of commotion, but there appeared to be enough people helping out, so not wanting to destroy the goodness of the broth by the addition of extra kitchen staff, my mate and I stayed in the car.

Shortly afterwards, an ambulance arrived and we then saw a bloke being stretchered into the back, after a lot of CPR by the roadside.

Next day we found out what had happened.

A bloke had been for a night out in the next village to where he lived, but had taken rather too much drink, and decided not to drive home, but do the responsible thing and walk the mile or so home.

Unfortunately in his inebriated state he had stumbled off the pavement into the path of a passing car. The resulting collision did him no good whatsoever and he was effectively dead before the ambulance crew got to him.

Ironically, if he'd broken the law and driven home (which I don't condone, by the way) he'd have had a better chance of making it home without incident.

It was just the worst kind of bad luck.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 28 Feb 2008, 10:21, 1 reply)

True, but...
...walking, the only person the idiot drunk could kill is himself. Not so in a car.
(Musuko, Thu 28 Feb 2008, 16:54, closed)