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Canadian Woman Killed by a Laptop

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Police in Surrey, B.C., are warning people to secure their belongings while driving after a young woman was apparently killed by her laptop last month.

Heather Storey, 25, of Delta died after the small car she was driving was hit by a tow truck turning left.

When investigators looked into the incident, however, they concluded she would have survived if not for her laptop computer.

Storey was on her way out of town for work at the time of the accident and usually kept her laptop in a backpack in the backseat, according to her brother Michael Pratt.

"What we believe happened [was] that she was struck in the back of her head and neck with this laptop computer," RCMP Sgt. Roger Morrow said Wednesday morning at the Surrey detachment, east of Vancouver

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

Her brother and mother also spoke at the detachment, warning others to take precautions to avoid similar preventable accidents.

"We miss Heather a lot. There is a whole lot to talk about, but I think mainly we're just trying to address the issue of, maybe, try not to keep stuff that can get airborne or hit you, just because your family, and people that care about you, really will miss you when you're gone," said Pratt.
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🙁
 
Okay, I grew up in Surrey. On a somewhat related note, there are a lot of East Indian Sikhs who live there and almost all of them seem to have a tissue box sitting on the ledge behind the back seats that they put an ornamental cover on. This cover is typically some wood/metal/velvet combination with sharp metal corners.

I really thought one of those things would have killed someone in this manner.
 
Shit happens. I keep my purse on the backseat or between the front seats, but random loads go on the backseat. The only difference is that I'm so short that the headrest goes all the way to the top of my head. So, where was the headrest in this story...
 
Originally posted by: Imp
Shit happens. I keep my purse on the backseat or between the front seats, but random loads go on the backseat. The only difference is that I'm so short that the headrest goes all the way to the top of my head. So, where was the headrest in this story...
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You better not be a dude
 
Originally posted by: sciwizam
Originally posted by: Imp
Shit happens. I keep my purse on the backseat or between the front seats, but random loads go on the backseat. The only difference is that I'm so short that the headrest goes all the way to the top of my head. So, where was the headrest in this story...
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You better not be a dude
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What? It has a shoulder strap, I keep most of my shit in there, and I take it almost everywhere. I didn't get it from a women's shop, and it's not leather though. I have a right to name my accesories!
 
Originally posted by: Imp
Originally posted by: sciwizam
Originally posted by: Imp
Shit happens. I keep my purse on the backseat or between the front seats, but random loads go on the backseat. The only difference is that I'm so short that the headrest goes all the way to the top of my head. So, where was the headrest in this story...
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You better not be a dude
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What? It has a shoulder strap, I keep most of my shit in there, and I take it almost everywhere. I didn't get it from a women's shop, and it's not leather though. I have a right to name my accesories!
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It's a European!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Originally posted by: Billyzeke
Originally posted by: Imp
Originally posted by: sciwizam
Originally posted by: Imp
Shit happens. I keep my purse on the backseat or between the front seats, but random loads go on the backseat. The only difference is that I'm so short that the headrest goes all the way to the top of my head. So, where was the headrest in this story...
Click to expand...

You better not be a dude
Click to expand...

What? It has a shoulder strap, I keep most of my shit in there, and I take it almost everywhere. I didn't get it from a women's shop, and it's not leather though. I have a right to name my accesories!
Click to expand...

It's a European!!!!!!!!!!!!
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No, he's very fancy! Want me, love me! Shower me with kisses!
 
4 weeks.

Estimated time before laptops have a warning label on them that say "warning, unsecured laptops in cars can become dangerous flying objects during a car crash. Secure your laptop in your car or transport it in the trunk.
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
4 weeks.

Estimated time before laptops have a warning label on them that say "warning, unsecured laptops in cars can become dangerous flying objects during a car crash. Secure your laptop in your car or transport it in the trunk.
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50 years ago, people would have said, "Wow, freak accident. That's a shame.", and that would have been it. Now somebody gets sued, and I have yet another warning label I have to remove from something :^S
 
they tested stuff like this on mythbusters. the orginal myth was a tissue box (no it wasnt deadly in the end), but they went from that tissue box up by trying an axe, bowling ball, and mini fire extinguisher. a laptop, depending on its age(clunkiness), and weight could potentially be deadly enough. It could even outweigh the fire extinguisher that mythbusters used
 
Originally posted by: lxskllr
Originally posted by: DrPizza
4 weeks.

Estimated time before laptops have a warning label on them that say "warning, unsecured laptops in cars can become dangerous flying objects during a car crash. Secure your laptop in your car or transport it in the trunk.
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50 years ago, people would have said, "Wow, freak accident. That's a shame.", and that would have been it. Now somebody gets sued, and I have yet another warning label I have to remove from something :^S
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Sue?
 
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Originally posted by: Billyzeke
Originally posted by: Imp
Originally posted by: sciwizam
Originally posted by: Imp
Shit happens. I keep my purse on the backseat or between the front seats, but random loads go on the backseat. The only difference is that I'm so short that the headrest goes all the way to the top of my head. So, where was the headrest in this story...
Click to expand...

You better not be a dude
Click to expand...

What? It has a shoulder strap, I keep most of my shit in there, and I take it almost everywhere. I didn't get it from a women's shop, and it's not leather though. I have a right to name my accesories!
Click to expand...

It's a European!!!!!!!!!!!!
Click to expand...

No, he's very fancy! Want me, love me! Shower me with kisses!
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Man Purse? Wow!
 
Originally posted by: silverpig
Okay, I grew up in Surrey. On a somewhat related note, there are a lot of East Indian Sikhs who live there and almost all of them seem to have a tissue box sitting on the ledge behind the back seats that they put an ornamental cover on. This cover is typically some wood/metal/velvet combination with sharp metal corners.

I really thought one of those things would have killed someone in this manner.
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I had one of those kleenex box covers. The Indian owned Insurance place I went to gave them out for every purchase. Didn't keep it in the car though.
 
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Originally posted by: Billyzeke
Originally posted by: Imp
Originally posted by: sciwizam
Originally posted by: Imp
Shit happens. I keep my purse on the backseat or between the front seats, but random loads go on the backseat. The only difference is that I'm so short that the headrest goes all the way to the top of my head. So, where was the headrest in this story...
Click to expand...

You better not be a dude
Click to expand...

What? It has a shoulder strap, I keep most of my shit in there, and I take it almost everywhere. I didn't get it from a women's shop, and it's not leather though. I have a right to name my accesories!
Click to expand...

It's a European!!!!!!!!!!!!
Click to expand...

No, he's very fancy! Want me, love me! Shower me with kisses!
Click to expand...

Man Purse? Wow!
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Murse! :laugh:
 
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