A young Canadian man was killed in a treacherous “couch surfing” stunt on a rural road near Quebec City over the weekend, and a fellow daredevil is facing multiple charges in his death.
Francois Halle, 22, and two pals were riding on a sled-mounted couch being towed by a speeding van on Saturday when the sofa rig slid into oncoming traffic and was hit by another car, CBC News reported.
Halle died later at a local hospital. The two others were not injured, authorities said.
Cops say the driver of the van, Alex Labbe, 21, fled the scene but was later collared at his home in Saint-Georges.
On Monday, he was charged with dangerous driving causing death, criminal negligence and fleeing the scene.
One of Labbe’s pals told CBC News that the driver panicked when he saw Halle’s mangled body lying on the country road.
‘It’s not like he fled because he didn’t want people to know it was him,” Yan Laflamme told the station.
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Post by: Tomp45 on February 25, 2012, 04:25:14 PM
Bunch of morons.
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Post by: kinjo on February 29, 2012, 09:30:43 AM
couch surfing looks fun though!
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Post by: willow on February 29, 2012, 10:14:54 PM
this has officially made me add couch sledding to the list of things i must do before i die
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Post by: kinjo on March 01, 2012, 11:18:17 AM
willow agrees! [asia]
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Post by: tkoold on March 07, 2012, 01:01:16 PM
everything is fun till someone gets hurt
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Post by: kinjo on March 08, 2012, 05:02:22 PM
you sound like a parent, lol
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Post by: tkoold on March 20, 2012, 02:50:04 AM
im just telling the truth i mean running with Scissors sonds fun untill you slice a finger..
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Post by: kinjo on March 20, 2012, 08:29:45 AM
or an eyeball
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Post by: willow on March 20, 2012, 03:53:17 PM
having a legit reason to wear an eyepatch everywhere just might make it all worth while.... [1eye]
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Post by: tkoold on March 20, 2012, 05:09:28 PM
if you want a legitimate reason goto vietnam or afganistan
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Post by: willow on March 20, 2012, 06:48:03 PM
meh.... then id probably loose a limb or something with it.... and thatd be a lil too much.... besides stupid stories are fun.... like how many people can say they lost their eye to an insane couch accident.... not many. to war..... probably a lot compared to couch mishaps.
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Post by: tkoold on March 21, 2012, 03:28:02 PM
an eye, a limb whats the difference? you really dont want to loose either..
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Post by: willow on March 21, 2012, 08:16:57 PM
myeh... i still think eye would be more fun for eye patch and frightening random people with your empty socket.... lost limb all i'd get to do is hobble around being a nubling and perhaps get into being an amputee pron star.... not as fun
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Post by: tkoold on March 22, 2012, 12:58:06 AM