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.
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this happened in Watertown
By Ron Newman
Wed, 09/10/2008 - 10:31am
even though the article is on the Cambridge newspaper's website.
Fixed
By adamg
Wed, 09/10/2008 - 10:33am
Thanks from the Center for the Geographically Challenged.
Print headline suggestions welcomed
By Chris Helms
Wed, 09/10/2008 - 12:43pm
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
Wed, 09/10/2008 - 1:08pm
Scratch ticket comes up three collisions.
I need a personal copy desk!
By adamg
Wed, 09/10/2008 - 1:17pm
Gah! Fixed.
Headline
By Will LaTulippe
Wed, 09/10/2008 - 4:49pm
"Driver wins C-note, T-bones utility pole"
extra extra
By SomerVillain
Wed, 09/10/2008 - 5:06pm
-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
Thu, 09/11/2008 - 9:32am
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"