2Sheds_Jackson
06-21-2004, 05:01 PM
Dead man lay in driveway for 4 days
Monday, June 21, 2004 Posted: 2:12 PM EDT (1812 GMT)
SHEPHERDSTOWN, West Virginia (AP) -- A man who apparently was pinned by a van he was working on lay dead in his driveway for up to four days before a neighbor noticed him, police said.
Allan P. Burfoot, 57, of Shepherdstown, was found Sunday morning, State Police Trooper H.D. Heil said.
"The parking brake wasn't on and the vehicle wasn't in gear, and it apparently rolled onto him" as he worked on the vehicle, Heil said. He was pinned under the front passenger side tire, he said.
Checking messages on Burfoot's answering machine, investigators believe he was pinned as early as Wednesday, Heil said. Burfoot's closest relative, a sister, lives out of state.
Man that sucks.
I've had a close call with DIY car repair- a few years back, I was replacing the harmonic balancer on my IROC, when one of the ramps creaked a little bit. I didn't like the sound, so I got out from under...just before the ramp collapsed. That car sat about an inch of the pavement at the oil pan. I woulda been squished under 300hp of V-8 goodness.
Monday, June 21, 2004 Posted: 2:12 PM EDT (1812 GMT)
SHEPHERDSTOWN, West Virginia (AP) -- A man who apparently was pinned by a van he was working on lay dead in his driveway for up to four days before a neighbor noticed him, police said.
Allan P. Burfoot, 57, of Shepherdstown, was found Sunday morning, State Police Trooper H.D. Heil said.
"The parking brake wasn't on and the vehicle wasn't in gear, and it apparently rolled onto him" as he worked on the vehicle, Heil said. He was pinned under the front passenger side tire, he said.
Checking messages on Burfoot's answering machine, investigators believe he was pinned as early as Wednesday, Heil said. Burfoot's closest relative, a sister, lives out of state.
Man that sucks.
I've had a close call with DIY car repair- a few years back, I was replacing the harmonic balancer on my IROC, when one of the ramps creaked a little bit. I didn't like the sound, so I got out from under...just before the ramp collapsed. That car sat about an inch of the pavement at the oil pan. I woulda been squished under 300hp of V-8 goodness.