Man drops cigarette, runs over own head

[damnedifIknow]

AURORA, Colo. — An unidentified Colorado man suffered life-threatening injuries Sunday morning when he jumped out of his vehicle to avoid being burnt by a lit cigarette he had dropped down the front of his jacket — and was run over by his own car."

The incident occurred on the 15900 block of East Nassau Drive in Aurora at 6:37 a.m. while the man backed his vehicle out of a driveway.

As the driver jumped out after the cigarette fell, his van kept rolling backwards and he was knocked to the ground. The front driver's side tire rolled over his head.

He was transported to a local hospital and is in critical condition, though police say he will likely survive."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/26/man-jumps-from-car-runs-over-own-head/17966977/

[bmac19gg]

1. and the world joins together for a collective /facepalm

[Blue Owl]

11. I have a feeling he'll be the butt of many jokes

n/t

[Historic NY]

2. Smoking can be hazardous to your health.

[Cha]

6. NO Shite! On so many levels. :( I hope he gets well.. I don't want to make light of this.. but,

damn!

[Crunchy Frog]

3. Those things'll kill ya.

Maybe this will be a good incentive for quitting.

[AndyTiedye]

4. Darwin Award Runner-Up

[Bosonic]

5. There's also a potato variant

Harvey blames potatoes for bizarre car accident

In Summary: Don't leap out of moving vehicles / There's a thing called a parking brake.

[corkhead]

7. Same thing happened at the beginning of an episode of Six Feet Under

but it was his newspaper, not a cigarette.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701983/?ref_=ttep_ep2

[damnedifIknow]

8. This is how to get out of your driveway while smoking

[progressoid]

10. Heh, I remember a few of those.

[lonestarnot]

9. Damn.