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Woman impaled by 12-foot post thru mouth/out of her neck and lived.

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Ripclawe

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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2935927

ANDERSON, Ind. -- A woman survived being impaled by a 12-foot metal fence post that pierced through her mouth and came out the back of her neck in a car accident, authorities said.

Emergency crews had to saw off part of the 1 1/2-inch thick fence rail to free Alejandra Martinez, who was still awake when crews arrived at the scene. Fire officials were shocked to find her alive.

"Talk about having an angel as a co-pilot," Fire Chief J.R. Rosencrans said. "On her rearview mirror she had a picture of the Madonna. You can tell she is a religious person."

Martinez, 28, was in critical condition late Monday, recovering from surgery, officials said.

Earlier Monday, Martinez drove through a stop sign at an intersection and hit another car, Anderson police spokesman Terry Sollars said. She then lost control, careened off the road and went through a chain-link fence.

The car hit a concrete porch, shoving it three feet back, Sollars said. The metal rod from the fence went through the driver's side of the windshield, he said.

A passenger in the back seat was not injured.
 
Thats what she gets for running a stop sign,....

Remember folks, our God is a VENGEFUL God. He frowns upon traffic violations and gives a maiming in return.
 

teiresias

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It's good to know that the religious right feels they can disregard traffic rules because they feel their god is going to protect them, I just hope the person she hit wasn't injured.
 
teiresias said:
It's good to know that the religious right feels they can disregard traffic rules because they feel their god is going to protect them, I just hope the person she hit wasn't injured.
Yes, all religious people run stop signs knowing God will protect them. Eyes can't be rolled far enough to show just how stupid your post was.
 

teiresias

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Mainly just referring to the bent of the article and the people interviewed.

"Talk about having an angel as a co-pilot," Fire Chief J.R. Rosencrans said. "On her rearview mirror she had a picture of the Madonna. You can tell she is a religious person."

Which, IMO, completely glosses over the fact that she recklessly disregarded a stop-sign, hit another person, and endangered the passenger she was carrying in the back seat in order to get to the "feel good' part about her being religious. No mention made of the person she hit or anything.
 

AlphaSnake

...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
teiresias said:
Mainly just referring to the bent of the article and the people interviewed.



Which, IMO, completely glosses over the fact that she recklessly disregarded a stop-sign, hit another person, and endangered the passenger she was carrying in the back seat in order to get to the "feel good' part about her being religious. No mention made of the person she hit or anything.


You think she purposely ran a stop sign? Are you fucking stupid?
 

teiresias

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She was wreckless, either she disregarded it, was doing something that caused her not to see it, but in any case she ran it. You'll excuse me, when you've had a friend killed by stupid drivers you have a tendency to lose your tolerance for people that don't seem capable of controlling a vehicle in a safe manner.
 

AlphaSnake

...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
teiresias said:
She was wreckless, either she disregarded it, was doing something that caused her not to see it, but in any case she ran it. You'll excuse me, when you've had a friend killed by stupid drivers you have a tendency to lose your tolerance for people that don't seem capable of controlling a vehicle in a safe manner.

WTF dude? The referrence to her being religious was in regards to an angel keeping her alive after a 12 foot pole impaled her damn throat! I've ran stop signs before accidentally, we've all done it and I'm sure you have to. Shit happens (not in regards to you losing a friend). If she had habitually ran stop signs, she'd have caused an accident way before.
 

AlphaSnake

...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
teiresias said:
Accidents don't just happen - people cause them.

Oh, come on! That's some of the biggest bull I've heard in a long time. You've done things accidentally, you've ran a stop sign or two and maybe even a red light. It happens.
 

NLB2

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I've ran a red light before. I wasn't paying enough attention. Had there been a collision it wouldn't have been accidental. I would have caused it by being an idiot and not paying attention. Just because you don't mean for something to happen doesn't make it an accident - you still need to be held responsible.

(Plus if she had an Angel with her why the fuck did she get impaled on a 12 foot pull?)
 

Manics

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teiresias said:
Mainly just referring to the bent of the article and the people interviewed.



Which, IMO, completely glosses over the fact that she recklessly disregarded a stop-sign, hit another person, and endangered the passenger she was carrying in the back seat in order to get to the "feel good' part about her being religious. No mention made of the person she hit or anything.


How do you know she was reckless? Did the police charge her with reckless driving? It doesn't say so in the story.
 

Dan

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Manics said:
How do you know she was reckless? Did the police charge her with reckless driving? It doesn't say so in the story.
What possible explanation can there be for her driving through a stop sign and hitting another car that isn't her fault? They have giant red signs that mark these things. Unless her brakes were completely shot, she has no excuse.
 

Justin Bailey

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Some posters here make me fucking sick. The woman ran a stop sign so SHE DESERVES TO HAVE A GODDAMN FENCE POST RAMMED THROUGH HER SKULL.

Right.
 

AlphaSnake

...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
Justin Bailey said:
Some posters here make me fucking sick. The woman ran a stop sign so SHE DESERVES TO HAVE A GODDAMN FENCE POST RAMMED THROUGH HER SKULL.

Right.

Seriously...
 

Dan

No longer boycotting the Wolfenstein franchise
Justin Bailey said:
Some posters here make me fucking sick. The woman ran a stop sign so SHE DESERVES TO HAVE A GODDAMN FENCE POST RAMMED THROUGH HER SKULL.

Right.
No one said she deserved it. NO ONE.

However, anyone that says that it wasn't her fault, with the info known, is just an idiot.
 

Dan

No longer boycotting the Wolfenstein franchise
Junior members don't count :)

And you said "some posters" which is plural. Your statement is still bogus ;)
 

AlphaSnake

...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
Dan said:
Junior members don't count :)

And you said "some posters" which is plural. Your statement is still bogus ;)

Well, Teiresias is also getting at that. Sooo...Justin > You. :p
 

Dan

No longer boycotting the Wolfenstein franchise
Arnold K said:
Well, Teiresias is also getting at that. Sooo...Justin > You. :p
No, Teiresias never once implies she "deserved" to be injured. He's simply expressing a perfectly justified distaste (to put it mildly) for drivers that can't obey the law and drive safely.
 

Outlaw

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teiresias said:
It's good to know that the religious right feels they can disregard traffic rules because they feel their god is going to protect them, I just hope the person she hit wasn't injured.


One of the most moronic posts I've read in a long time.
 

Manics

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Dan said:
What possible explanation can there be for her driving through a stop sign and hitting another car that isn't her fault? They have giant red signs that mark these things. Unless her brakes were completely shot, she has no excuse.


I never stated whether or not she was at fault, I said "how do you know she was RECKLESS" Were you there? No. You don't have all the facts so you don't KNOW why she went through that stop sign. You've given a scenario where maybe her brakes did fail -- in that case it's not her fault. It's not my place to decide who's at fault for something I know very little about.

In any case, you can be at fault for something without being a reckless driver.
 

Darias

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Gotta go with teiresias on this one. I cannot think of any possible explanation for this accident except recklessness or incompetence of the driver.

Even if her brakes did fail, I've yet to see a vehicle that didn't have THREE SYSTEMS that can be used to stop it.

Given that the overwhelming majority of vehicle accidents are caused by driver error, there is no other arguable position.
 

fennec fox

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All this arguing ignores what I think is the main problem with the story, namely that if Ms. Martinez really had an angel as her co-pilot, said angel wouldn't have had her impaled with a fence post in the first place.
 

teiresias

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How about "thank God she's alive," can we live with that?

I'd like to know about the person in the car she hit, unfortunately, the newspaper was too impressed with this woman's pet angel to tell us anything about the victim of her neglegence.
 
I'm going to agree with the fact that the woman was a fucking idiot and that I hate people like her but teiresias's original post was retarded.
 
teiresias said:
I'd like to know about the person in the car she hit, unfortunately, the newspaper was too impressed with this woman's pet angel to tell us anything about the victim of her neglegence.

The story here is that this woman survived a metal poll impaled through her head. If you're a reporter, you're going to use a quote that pertains to that.

The person she hit is probably alright, and if that's the case, why would you want to hear about him?
 
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