Massholes know the best time to work on scratch tickets is behind the wheel

By adamg - 9/10/08 - 10:17 am

The Cambridge Chronicle reports a guy working on a scratch ticket while driving his Jeep down Mt. Auburn Street on Aug. 31 plowed into a utility pole, which then fell on four people. The driver was also injured when his Jeep landed on the driver's side. On a positive note, the guy won $100 from the ticket - which should help pay for his legal costs - the paper reports.

Comments

this happened in Watertown

By Ron Newman - 9/10/08 - 10:31 am

even though the article is on the Cambridge newspaper's website.

Fixed

By adamg - 9/10/08 - 10:33 am

Thanks from the Center for the Geographically Challenged.

Print headline suggestions welcomed

By Chris Helms - 9/10/08 - 12:43 pm

Hi, this is the editor of the Watertown TAB. I don't put my print edition to bed till tomorrow morning. I haven't come up with a great print headline for this one yet. Any suggestions?

Also, small correction to Adam's headline: The crash happened at 9:15 p.m.

Jackpot

By Gareth - 9/10/08 - 1:08 pm

Scratch ticket comes up three collisions.

I need a personal copy desk!

By adamg - 9/10/08 - 1:17 pm

Gah! Fixed.

Headline

By Will LaTulippe - 9/10/08 - 4:49 pm

"Driver wins C-note, T-bones utility pole"

extra extra

By 3.14159 - 9/10/08 - 5:06 pm

-Unprecedented: Scratch ticket winnings will be used for legal fees instead of more scratch tickets

-Lottery is tax on those bad at math, driving

-Driver wins $100, just misses Darwin Award

Thanks, everyone

By Chris Helms - 9/11/08 - 9:32 am

Thanks for the headline suggestions.

After thinking about it, since several people were pretty badly hurt, I decided to go against an attempt at humor. I'll probably go with something straight-forward like "Driver loses control while working on scratch ticket"