Drunk Finds Cigarettes And Gasoline Don't Mix
Drunk Finds Cigarettes And Gasoline Don't Mix
Wednesday February 28 10:45 AM ET
BRISBANE (Reuters) - A drunk man who lit a cigarette while filling
a jerry can with gasoline blew himself into the air and landed in the
arms of the law, Australian police said on Wednesday.
The 40-year-old motorist drove into a gas station on the Gold Coast
tourist strip of Queensland early on Wednesday and began filling the
can from a gas pump.
His pit stop came unstuck when the cigarette in his mouth ignited
the gas in the can.
The petrol exploded, his car burst into flames and the man was blown
15 feet through the air, crashing to earth on a nest of angry ants.
The man suffered minor burns to his legs which did not require
hospital treatment, police said. Fire crews put out a blaze in his car,
which was badly damaged.
"He suffered a few small burns and some ant bites", a police
spokesman told Reuters.
"We took a vote and this is one of the stupidest things we've ever
heard of.''
Police arrested the singed and groggy man and charged him with
drink-driving, driving without a license and driving an unregistered
vehicle.
The man, whose name was not released, will appear in court in two
weeks.
