NewsFebruary 20, 2005
Man tosses cigarette, sets fire to SUV
SAN FRANCISCO -- A man barely escaped serious injury Thursday after a lit cigarette he tried to toss out the window while driving across the Bay Bridge blew back in and ignited the vehicle, according to the California Highway Patrol. ...
Man tosses cigarette, sets fire to SUV
SAN FRANCISCO -- A man barely escaped serious injury Thursday after a lit cigarette he tried to toss out the window while driving across the Bay Bridge blew back in and ignited the vehicle, according to the California Highway Patrol. The unidentified man tossed the cigarette out the window of his Ford Expedition, said CHP officer Shawn Chase. Carried by the wind, the cigarette landed in his back seat and quickly burst into flames. The man quickly pulled over and leapt from the flaming SUV, Chase said. "It was in flames by the time he got out. It burnt down to the frame," the officer said. He said the man will likely face a misdemeanor charge for littering.
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Phone book typo sends callers to phone sex line
TERRACE, British Columbia -- Northwest British Columbia residents who dial a toll-free number in the phone book to check highway conditions are getting a red-hot reply from the blue pages listing. "Ummm, baby, you've dialed the right number ...," a female voice says, followed by details that have nothing to do with roads. The listing for the British Columbia Ministry of Transport road report is off by two numbers, apparently because of a typographical error, so callers are connected to a phone sex line.
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