oops..............

Wow, the explanation offered is such a cliche, anyone who has ever run over a bicycle messanger, or driven through a plate glass store display window has offered the, 'I meant to drive forward, but instead I backed up'. Even Lizzy Grubman used this line. lol.

Volusia Man Crushed To Death By Steamroller

POSTED: 2:54 pm EDT August 13, 2005

DELTONA, Fla. -- A Volusia County man is dead after he was crushed to death by a steamroller. Authorities say 41-year-old Ronald Lee Fox was backed over by the steamroller Thursday evening while shoveling asphalt onto a road.

The steamroller's driver, Lyle E. Thomas, told deputies he accelerated backward when he intended to go forward.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the accident -- and the road construction site has been shut down for at least two days,

Fox's cousin, John Earl Lewis, said the two had just started their shift when he saw the steamroller approaching. He jumped out of the way, but he was unable to save Fox. Here's Lewis in his own words: "When the roller was over half his body, he held himself up on his hands and I could see the pain in his face."

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