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Title: California man dies after being run over by WWII tank
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FoxNews
URL Source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/08/2 ... -belly-chairman/?intcmp=hplnws
Published: Aug 25, 2015
Author: FoxNews
Post Date: 2015-08-25 10:14:35 by misterwhite
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Views: 2902
Comments: 15
Authorities say a man was accidentally crushed to death by a World War II-era tank driven by the husband of Jelly Belly's chief executive over the weekend.
The California Highway Patrol told the Los Angeles Times that 54-year-old Kevin Wright, of Suisun City, Calif., was run over Saturday by a 1944 M5 tank that was being driven by 62-year-old Dwayne Brasher. Authorities said Brasher was driving the tank through an open field on property belonging to Jelly Belly chairman Herman Rowland Sr., while Wright was sitting on the front edge of the tank, facing inward.
As the tank rolled down a dirt hill, police said Wright lost his balance and fell backward, landing directly in the path of the vehicle.
Herman Rowland, a fourth-generation candy maker, was hosting a family reunion at his estate in Fairfield, Calif. Saturday. Rowland is a keen collector of military vehicles and stores them in a restoration facility known as the "Tank Barn."
"Our family is grieving over this tragic loss," Herman Rowland said in a statement. "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. To have him die so tragically during our family reunion is impossible to comprehend. We are all still in a state of shock."
Rowland said his family is cooperating with the investigation. Authorities say that neither drugs nor alcohol appear to have been a factor in the death.
Dwayne Brasher is the husband of Herman Rowland's daughter, Lisa, who was named Jelly Belly chief executive in March, and reports to her father.
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My candidate for the Darwin Award.
#2. To: misterwhite (#1)
My candidate for the Darwin Award.
I thought Darwin Awards were for those who died young enough that they don't have offspring yet. Otherwise, what's Darwinian about it?
#3. To: TooConservative (#2)
"I thought Darwin Awards were for those who died young enough that they don't have offspring yet."
What a party-pooper you are.
According to the rules, the "Nominee must be dead or rendered sterile". He was 54. Certainly capable of reproducing.
#4. To: misterwhite (#0)
Title: Kookifornia man dies...
Statistics show, blue state residents vote less libtarded after death.
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
#5. To: GrandIsland (#4)
Statistics show, blue state residents vote less libtarded after death.
They rise from the grave on election day, to vote for Arnold Schwartzenkennedy.
They vote just as libtarded as dead New Yawkers 'n Pataki etc...
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul#6. To: misterwhite, TooConservative, A K A Stone (#0)
54-year-old Kevin Wright, of Suisun City, Calif., was run over
The recently banned Tea Party Reveler/Idol Hanz is/was from Suisun City.
He threw himself in front of a tank because Stone banned him?
RIP
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul#7. To: misterwhite (#0)
Where the hell was his safety helmet?!
Lol
#8. To: hondo68 (#5)
Doesn't she wear the pants in the family so shouldn't you say KennedySchwartzen??
“Let me see which pig "DON'T" I want to vote for, the one with or without lipstick??" Hmmmmm...
#9. To: hondo68 (#6)
Isn't he the one who really liked the Gay Canaries??
“Let me see which pig "DON'T" I want to vote for, the one with or without lipstick??" Hmmmmm...
#10. To: misterwhite (#0) (Edited)
"...Accidentally run over by an antique M5 tank..."
Don't you just HATE it when that happens?
I know I do...
#11. To: hondo68 (#6)
That was Richard Gerson. He was still raising heck with the city council as of 8 months ago.
He ought to run for council.
#12. To: TooConservative, right to junk (#11)
He's the Mayor Bloomberg of Suisun, a real nanny state control freak totalitarian.
I LOVE junk, it's one of those un-enumerated rights referred to in the 9th amendment. Life, liberty, and pursuit of junk (happiness), IMO.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul#13. To: misterwhite (#0)
Everyone KNOWS that traffic in California is bad -
But do they pay any attention? Noooo....
General Motors M5 Stuart U S light tank:
#14. To: Chuck_Wagon (#13)
Ooooh. I bet that squished him real good.
#15. To: misterwhite (#14)
I bet that squished him real good.
No doubt about it.
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