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By The Inquirer
11:30 Apr 20, 2009 | 12 Comments
Tags: fatality

Flying laptop kills Canadian woman.

A Canadian woman has been killed by her laptop computer which was left unsecured on the back seat of her car.

25-year-old Heather Story was hit by a tow truck while driving in British Columbia and it seems that the laptop was propelled out of the rear seat by the impact and struck her in the back of the head.

Investigators have concluded that she would probably have survived the accident had she not been hit by the computer.

"She simply didn't have it secured within the confines of her car, and ultimately it has been the instrument of her death," said Mountie Robert Morrow.

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12 Comments

Argotha Apr 20, 2009 1:30 PM	WARNING: BAD TASTE Sorry can't resist: BOOM! Headshot! Your companion cube will never threaten to stab you. Your laptop on the other hand...
orcone Apr 20, 2009 1:52 PM	Does it say which type of Laptop it was?
Invicta Apr 20, 2009 1:52 PM	She should have bought a Netbook. =(
Teffmyster Apr 20, 2009 4:06 PM	Would be a perfect mac vs pc commercial :P Lol
.:Cyb3rGlitch:. Apr 20, 2009 10:06 PM	We should ban laptops. They're obviously too dangerous. Think of the children!
RaRaDawg Apr 20, 2009 10:23 PM	lol @ cyber Yeah...she could have survived if it was a netbook :D
fliptopia Apr 20, 2009 10:43 PM	So Jonathan Wendel's laptops are living up to their name eh.
battlefield_gir Apr 20, 2009 11:13 PM	http://www.theonion.com/content/video/morning_show_host_starts_charity essential linkage.
Elfarch Apr 21, 2009 1:32 AM	But did the laptop still work?
sUpEr gEEk Apr 21, 2009 12:38 PM	I would say it was a PC loaded with Microsoft Windows Vista..... Elfarch if it did have Vista on it in the first place it didn't work porberly in the first place (lol)....
RaRaDawg Apr 21, 2009 7:33 PM	^What a lame joke
RaRaDawg Apr 21, 2009 7:33 PM	lol fail... bottom of the first page

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