Just a couple of good ol' boys in a pickup ...

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-08-30 02:40pm

From CNN:

Police: Drunken man drives home with decapitated friend

Monday, August 30, 2004 Posted: 2:22 PM EDT (1822 GMT)

MARIETTA, Georgia (AP) -- A drunken driver hit a telephone pole support wire that decapitated his passenger, police said.

He then drove 12 miles home and slept in his bloody clothes, police said, leaving the headless body in his truck.

A neighbor walking with his young daughter Sunday morning discovered Daniel Brohm's headless corpse in the truck in John Kemper Hutcherson's driveway and called authorities, said Cpl. Dana Pierce, county police spokesman.

Officers said they found Hutcherson asleep inside his home, visibly drunk and his clothes bloody, and later found Brohm's severed head at the crash site.

"It's hard for one to imagine that you would drive miles from a crash site to your home, turning in various directions, and yet not know what has happened to a passenger sitting next to you," Pierce said.

Hutcherson, 21, was charged with vehicular homicide, driving under the influence and failure to stop at an accident with death or injury. He was jailed on a $100,000 bond; it was unclear Monday whether he had an attorney.

Police said Hutcherson and Brohm -- friends since high school -- were drinking at a bar Saturday night and left after Brohm said he felt sick.

Brohm, 23, apparently was leaning out of the window when Hutcherson hit the support wire about a mile and a half from the bar, but police did not know why.

Gotta love that good ol' boy lifestyle. How fucking drunk do you have to be not to notice that your friend's head was ripped off?

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2004-08-30 02:42pm

"Aww hail, offisuh! Danny alluz wuz the quiet tahp..."

BoredShirtless · Post by **BoredShirtless** » 2004-08-30 02:45pm

Darth Wong wrote:How fucking drunk do you have to be not to notice that your friend's head was ripped off?

So drunk that you've passed out. If you're sober enough to drive a vehicle back home, you're sober enough to notice a missing head.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2004-08-30 03:06pm

So called "Good ol' boys" aren't the only ones who do stupid things while drunk, first off.

And secondly, I wonder how this guy is gonna try and talk his way out of this one...

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2004-08-30 04:05pm

Nathan F wrote:And secondly, I wonder how this guy is gonna try and talk his way out of this one...

" I was just driving along...."

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-08-30 04:06pm

Nathan F wrote:So called "Good ol' boys" aren't the only ones who do stupid things while drunk, first off.

True, but alcohol abuse is worse in the rural communities than in the urban centres, and it looks to be getting even worse in the future. Like it or not, there is a cultural subset of people who drive around drunk in pickup trucks out in the country where they figure it's OK because there's no traffic. Call 'em whatever you want, but we've all known people who fell into this category.

And secondly, I wonder how this guy is gonna try and talk his way out of this one...

His fate depends on how lenient the local authorities are, I guess. I'm sure this idiot has a DUI record a mile long.

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2004-08-30 04:41pm

How the fuck did he get decapitated? Was he sticking his head out the window or something?

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2004-08-30 04:43pm

BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:How the fuck did he get decapitated? Was he sticking his head out the window or something?

That's the assumption. The police aren't sure if he was doing it to be funny, or if he was attempting to puke out the window, or what.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-08-30 04:47pm

BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:How the fuck did he get decapitated? Was he sticking his head out the window or something?

"Oh hey, electric windows... URK!"

*Pop*

Poor hick never stood a chance with T3H TECHN0L0GY!!1! letalone having a friend as observant as Ray Charles.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2004-08-30 04:50pm

As a southerner who drives a truck, I must insist that not all of us pull stupid shit like that. In my seven years of driving, I've never been in an accident, mush less been ticketed for anything. Hell, I don't even drink, and that's hard for an aviator. In regards to the OT, at least they hurt only themselves, and not someone uninvolved with their drinking. One guy just got his Darwin, while the other will experience 'survival of the fittest' while in prison.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-08-30 05:42pm

Ah, Marietta, the area where I grew up. I'm so proud.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-08-30 09:56pm

BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:How the fuck did he get decapitated? Was he sticking his head out the window or something?

Probably. He hit a support wire, whatever that is.

Jadeite · Post by **Jadeite** » 2004-08-30 10:00pm

I think they are those wires that anchor the posts into the ground are called.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2004-08-30 10:02pm

Jadeite wrote:I think they are those wires that anchor the posts into the ground are called.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's what they are, with those big yellow tubes around them.

Melkor · Post by **Melkor** » 2004-09-01 04:27pm

Darth Garden Gnome wrote:
Jadeite wrote:I think they are those wires that anchor the posts into the ground are called.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's what they are, with those big yellow tubes around them.

How the hell did they hit that? Usually those go from the pole down to the ground a good distance from the street.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2004-09-01 04:31pm

It gets even better. The parents of the dead boy don't want the drunk proscecuted.

They 'don't want to lose both boys'

Post by **Kuja** » 2004-09-01 04:53pm

Melkor wrote:How the hell did they hit that? Usually those go from the pole down to the ground a good distance from the street.

When you're drunk as a skunk, you tend to have a bit of trouble driving in a straight line.

Which might explain why the other guy was leaning out to puke.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-09-01 05:10pm

Wicked Pilot wrote:In regards to the OT, at least they hurt only themselves, and not someone uninvolved with their drinking. One guy just got his Darwin, while the other will experience 'survival of the fittest' while in prison.

Yeah, it's definitely better than the woman that got herself high on crack and then ran done some random pedestrian. That's a tragedy, this is natural selection in action.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-09-02 07:05am

Nathan F wrote:So called "Good ol' boys" aren't the only ones who do stupid things while drunk, first off.

And secondly, I wonder how this guy is gonna try and talk his way out of this one...

Recalls Ted Kennedy, and the less publicised Camp David vehicle homicide by a visiting foreign head during nixon's term. (reminder never get Breznev drunk, he may decide to go for a ride in one of your Cadilacs and hit somebody)

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-09-02 07:08am

LadyTevar wrote:
BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:How the fuck did he get decapitated? Was he sticking his head out the window or something?
That's the assumption. The police aren't sure if he was doing it to be funny, or if he was attempting to puke out the window, or what.

hey man I'm a dog......

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