Single-Vehicle Crash Kills Lottery Winner

[Blue_Tires]

I hope he had fun these past seven years...What are the odds of winning the lotto AND dying in an auto wreck (although he was probably DUI, so he made his own bad luck there)??


http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=16667&CHID=2

HARRISONBURG - A man who died in a single-vehicle crash Sunday on Va. 259 won a $9 million lottery jackpot in 2001.

Dana C. Martz, 56, of Singers Glen, hit all five numbers in the Big Game, a multistate lottery game with a 1 in 76 million chance of winning it big. The game is now called Mega Millions.

Martz purchased the winning ticket at the 7-Eleven in Broadway. After winning the July 2, 2001, lottery, Martz opted for the annual payoff of $346,000 for 26 years, said John Hagerty, spokesman for the Virginia Lottery. He said his last payment was scheduled for August 2026.

Hagerty said the remaining payments would go to the beneficiary listed with the gaming organization.

Martz's sister, reached at her Lacey Spring home, said the family didn't want to comment.

[kwassa]

1. He won one lottery, and lost another.

[Orsino]

2. I could believe that the wealthy are disproportionately involved in auto wrecks.

A sense of entitlement doesn't mix well with a driver's license.

[cloudbase]

3. The estate taxes

are going to be a nightmare for the family.

[Twillig]

4. He should have taken the lump sum

He could have gone out in a single-vehicle Ferrari accident.