Cop runs over woman sleeping on beach

[damnedifIknow]

"A 21-year-old woman who was sleeping on a beach is recovering after being run over by a police patrol car around 6pm on Tuesday night.

Jessica Nystrom was left with tire marks across her body and was rushed to the hospital in a serious condition.

The police officer who ran over her in his pick-up truck said he felt a 'slight bump' and heard a woman swear."

According to the Sheriff’s Office, she had been asleep on the beach for more than 20 minutes and did not wake up until the truck hit her.

Police said she had not been drinking.

Nystrom of Destin,Florida, was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital but later released after treatment.

Sheriff's spokesman Maj. A.J. Smith said he had never heard of a similar incident in his 15 years with the Walton County force."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2333611/Cop-driving-pick-truck-runs-woman-21-sleeping-beach.html

[rug]

1. Is is, is it . . . .

Florida!

[Savannahmann]

2. Well, she was asking for it.

There she was sleeping, blatently breaking the law, with no consideration of those who wanted to sit. By God she's lucky the cop took it easy on her and let her off with a warning.

[MADem]

3. Good lord!!!!!! I was out in California a few weeks ago,

and I took the opportunity to have a nice afternoon nap on one of the popular surfing beaches, there. I had a great snooze, but damn--I'll be putting up an umbrella or a beach chair...or SOMETHING...before I do that again!

[damnedifIknow]

4. Maybe light some flares?

[MADem]

11. Really!! Tiki torches for nappers, everywhere~! nt

[Egalitarian Thug]

5. No worries, only Floriduh allows vehicles to drive on the beach. n/t

[NYC_SKP]

6. I go topless.

My manboobs would stop a freight train.

Seriously, though, this is just stupid.

Esp the comment, "she did not appear to have been drinking"...

What about the fucking driver, was he on crack or something.

Fuck.

[MADem]

10. Well, he's in real hot water--at least they're taking this seriously. nt

[NYC_SKP]

14. I hope so, they should give these idiots trikes or ponies to ride...

Less dangerous.

[MADem]

15. Trikes--that would be amusing! nt

[mindwalker_i]

18. Well, that did happen to Rosco P. Coltrane

On the Dukes Of Hazzard after he busted up one too many patrol cars.

[niyad]

21. this happened in florida

[MADem]

24. Yes, I realize that...but there were vehicles zipping up and down the

beach where I was snoozing, too.



This could happen on any beach where idiots drive....

[baldguy]

7. She wasn't drinking. What about the cop?

[Paulie]

8. She wasn't drinking. What about the cop????

Even if she was passed out drunk WTF does that have to do with being run over by a vehicle?

[sakabatou]

9. *facepalm*

[hunter]

12. I was sleeping on the desert once with a bunch of geology geeks...

... we'd miscalculated a bit, before GPS, and we were on a military firing range.

One of the most bloody frighting things in my life was when they dropped the flares, helicopters overhead, and guys rushing in on us.



Imagine Hunter, farmer tan, in his "tighty-whities crawling out of his sleeping bag dazed and confused.

Ooops....

I now wear boxer shorts. Less embarrassing to be caught out in the open like that.

Yes, I have slept on the beach, more times than I remember.

[burnodo]

13. What does her sobriety have to do with anything?

nt

[niyad]

16. absolutely nothing, except to deflect attention from the idiot cop

[Mariana]

23. If she'd been drinking

they'd have found a way to blame it on her - and they'd probably have charged her with a felony or two, just for fun.

[BainsBane]

17. Why was he driving on the beach?

Oh, God. It's the Daily Mail again. Right wing tabloid.

[niyad]

22. according to various linked articles, the cops are on the beach to keep everyone safe, driving

their big trucks.

from the chief:

lar incident in his 15 years with the Walton County force.

He said: 'You can never train too much when you are dealing with high-liability areas like operating a vehicle, especially when it is in crowded and congested areas like the beach.'

He said deputies must be on the beach to ensure the public’s safety and reduce crime

[Iggo]

19. The same thing should happen to this cop...

...as would happen to me if I was driving on the beach and ran over some girl.

[newmember]

20. Cop should have been given a blood test that same day

you would be............

[Stinky The Clown]

25. **THIS** is why I never sleep without my accessories