Bump in the road was a man's legs

[Mucho]

CURTIS RUSH
STAFF REPORTER THESTAR.COM

A man whose legs were run over in a freak accident in a Canadian Tire parking lot in Pickering a few weeks is facing surgery today as his condition worsens after the incident.
It started when the 41-year-old man slid under his car to check a leak at about 3:30 p.m. on April 27 at 1737 Pickering Parkway. Shortly afterwards, a 28-year-old woman was pulling out of her parking space when she ran over something. Police say she stopped immediately and got out of her minivan to find a man screaming under his car with his legs in between her front and rear tires.

Nobody saw it coming, not even the victim's wife, who was in the car, say Durham Regional Police, adding that the hood was up, obstructing her view.
The man's legs were extending into the next parking space and the woman has told police she didn't see them as she drove away. A witness helped the woman in the minivan call 911 and the man was taken to Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering with sore legs and was released later that day with minor injuries, police say. His medical condition, however, worsened and he was taken to Trillium Health Centre in Mississauga where he was put in intensive care, police say.

His legs had swelled up and he began having heart pain. Doctors operated on his legs to remove blood clots that had developed. The unidentified man is now back in an Oshawa hospital with more surgery scheduled today. The woman has not been charged.

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[ElFenix]

how do you not put your wife on the lookout for anyone who might pull out of that next space? after all, if there is a car there someone will come for it at some point

 

[Gurck]

How do you not notice that someone's under your car?

a 28-year-old woman was pulling out of her parking space

Oh

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Gurck
How do you not notice that someone's under your car?

a 28-year-old woman was pulling out of her parking space

Oh

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Gurck
How do you not notice that someone's under your car?

a 28-year-old woman was pulling out of her parking space

Oh

Erm, no offense & present company excepted?

 

[IBuyUFO]

Maybe the guy was in the other side so she could not see him

 

[Rudee]

...Nobody saw it coming, not even the victim's wife, who was in the car, say Durham Regional Police, adding that the hood was up, obstructing her view.

How does the mans hood being up prevent the woman from seeing a persons legs on the pavement??? :roll: I could only see this happening if she was making a sharp turn into the parking stall as she was coming in, but it clearly says she was pulling out of her stall.

 

[edro]

Originally posted by: Gurck
How do you not notice that someone's under your car?

a 28-year-old woman was pulling out of her parking space

Oh

:evil::thumbsup:

 

[CRXican]

one should know better than to lay down in a parking lot with your legs sticking into other parking spaces

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Gurck
How do you not notice that someone's under your car?

a 28-year-old woman was pulling out of her parking space

Oh

Women are, to a larger extent then men, given more leway in commiting everyday errors. If anything, it is a "polite" move by others. With these degrees of freedom, the possibility of error is not as heavily scrutinized as with men. Most male youths get castigated for errors in judgment of followthrough, while females simply get corrected.

Women are not stupid by any means, but we allow it to flourish.

 

[Rudee]

Originally posted by: CRXican
one should know better than to lay down in a parking lot with your legs sticking into other parking spaces

The Canadian Tire stores where I live have signs clearly telling customers that repairs and maintenance are not allowed to be done in the customer parking lot. Probably to prevent this very thing from happening.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Gurck
How do you not notice that someone's under your car?

a 28-year-old woman was pulling out of her parking space

Oh

Women are, to a larger extent then men, given more leway in commiting everyday errors. If anything, it is a "polite" move by others. With these degrees of freedom, the possibility of error is not as heavily scrutinized as with men. Most male youths get castigated for errors in judgment of followthrough, while females simply get corrected.

Women are not stupid by any means, but we allow it to flourish.

yadda-yadda-yadda

the guy shouldn't have been on the ground like that in a parking lot in the first place though. he was an accident waiting to happen.

*see Rudee's post below yours

 

[jagec]

When I'm working on my car, I make SURE my legs aren't sitting behind the tires of the car next to me...and even if I was THAT stupid, you can bet I'd be keeping a close lookout to make sure no one was getting in that car and starting to drive away.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: jagec
When I'm working on my car, I make SURE my legs aren't sitting behind the tires of the car next to me...and even if I was THAT stupid, you can bet I'd be keeping a close lookout to make sure no one was getting in that car and starting to drive away.

that's what i'm talking about. those that wanna pin this on "women drivers" aren't really being fair.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: jagec
When I'm working on my car, I make SURE my legs aren't sitting behind the tires of the car next to me...and even if I was THAT stupid, you can bet I'd be keeping a close lookout to make sure no one was getting in that car and starting to drive away.

that's what i'm talking about. those that wanna pin this on "women drivers" aren't really being fair.

yeah. Plus, it's safe to assume the two cars were pulled in next to each other, and the woman was coming from the store directly to her driver's side. If the guy was under his car, with his legs sticking under HER car, the only part of him that would be visible would be his midsection, and that would NOT be visible if she approaches from the front driver's side (like she was coming from the store).

 

[Howard]

How retarded can you get?

 

[eelw]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: jagec
When I'm working on my car, I make SURE my legs aren't sitting behind the tires of the car next to me...and even if I was THAT stupid, you can bet I'd be keeping a close lookout to make sure no one was getting in that car and starting to drive away.

that's what i'm talking about. those that wanna pin this on "women drivers" aren't really being fair.

yeah. Plus, it's safe to assume the two cars were pulled in next to each other, and the woman was coming from the store directly to her driver's side. If the guy was under his car, with his legs sticking under HER car, the only part of him that would be visible would be his midsection, and that would NOT be visible if she approaches from the front driver's side (like she was coming from the store).

But it still doesn't resolve her of any blame in this accident. If the hood of the car next to you is up, I would most definitely do some sort of circle check of your car.

 

[paulney]

Originally posted by: eelw

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: jagec
When I'm working on my car, I make SURE my legs aren't sitting behind the tires of the car next to me...and even if I was THAT stupid, you can bet I'd be keeping a close lookout to make sure no one was getting in that car and starting to drive away.

that's what i'm talking about. those that wanna pin this on "women drivers" aren't really being fair.

yeah. Plus, it's safe to assume the two cars were pulled in next to each other, and the woman was coming from the store directly to her driver's side. If the guy was under his car, with his legs sticking under HER car, the only part of him that would be visible would be his midsection, and that would NOT be visible if she approaches from the front driver's side (like she was coming from the store).

But it still doesn't resolve her of any blame in this accident. If the hood of the car next to you is up, I would most definitely do some sort of circle check of your car.

Why? What if it's a Kragen's parking lot, and some Joe Schmoe is filling his beater with a quart of oil. Do I care? No. I get in the car and drive away.