In Arkansas, Flora Burkhart, 58, has a curious defense to hit and run. She was cited by police at her home after leaving the scene of an accident. When confronted about the flight, Burkhart explained that she did not think the damage was significant and could not stop because she had ice cream in the car that would melt.
After she hit a pickup truck from behind, she left the scene but was followed by other driver, Derek Parker. Each car sustained $500 in damages.
She was cited for leaving the scene of an accident and driving too closely to Parker’s vehicle. It could be worse. She could have claimed that she did not want her beer to get warm in her open container.
In another such case, we previously followed the alleged hit-and-run by former U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson. The police have decided not to charge Bryson, even though he did not have an ice cream. Bryson claims to have suffered a seizure in the accident.
Source: KSDK as first seen on Reddit.
Because I take a legally prescribed medication prescribed by a liscensed physician in the fracked up state of Arkansas no family practice doctor will accept me as a patient. I have less than one week left of diabetic medications. Fracking Arkansas!
No one can drive in Arkansas! They scare the hell out of me. Ive seen bad drivers everywhere I’ve ever been but this place holds the cake. The roads are horrible and the drivers are maniacs!
The people who you would think have a little intelligence are stupid goobers! A Dr took and made two cell phone calls during my exam! A tv anchorman at a Little rock tv station made a phone call during a morning broadcast. To wake his daughter. Yesterday morning the news Bimbet was doing a piece on the opening of a fancy new McDonalds. She made the statement “Mcdonalds is a staple”
I hate Arkansas! I see no redeeming value in the place or the people. I wanna go home! Only 2 years left. Tho Hubby has declared he may take early retirement and we can leave this hellhole a year early! Oh Gawd I hope!
When I saw “hit and run’ in the title was afraid to look, and now rocky road is no longer a fav of mine (((*_*)))
Isn’t rocky road ice cream chocolate with marshmallow? on a glass dish. looks like “cracked” glass in a paisley shape. The funny squiggle in the middle looks like frozen chocolate syrup.
Who would do that? Who would put three scoops of chocolate and nut ice cream on a plastic sheet? Isn’t there some law against that?
Malisha.
The picture, It could be three scoops of chocolate and nut ice cream on a plastic sheet.
Marco — also Virginia.
BTW, all — what the HECK is that picture at the head of this thread? It’s the weirdest picture I have ever seen. What is it?
Mark,
At the time of writing this who knows….. But I thought it was funny….
“The rule of the day. Stay out of Arkansas and West Virginia!”
Staying out of Mississippi is also highly recommended.
I was rear-ended by a light rail train in Baltimore. I learned that a year and a half before that happened, a light-rail train in Baltimore ran right into a building at the airport! They got a lawyer to fix it with the judge (Timothy Drury) so that he said it was just “your word against hers, so 50/50” because the driver of the light rail train alleged that I BACKED INTO HER and that another car she had smashed two weeks prior had also just BACKED INTO HER two blocks down! That train didn’t stop either; a cop (whose last name was Smith and whom the police just couldn’t LOCATE when I tried to get him as a witness) had to run three blocks down to get to the train driver to give her the ticket because he actually SAW her smash into me. Uh…
Catherine my car was totaled in DC by a secretar to Senator Warner. She came out of the blue and rammed me back to front. Her insurance company said I was “1%” responsible so therefore completely responsible. I have always wondered if closeness to a power person made the difference?
Andif I were the driver it would be fin melted. Makes a onderful milkshake that way.
Catherine, there should be a police report. Get a copy of it. Contact your insurance company. Contact the police officer’s supervisor. Be polite but persistent.
Well Catherine, she’s clearly in the protected class. Good luck trying to get some justice.
I would like to point out that beer and rocky road make a terrible float.
Melted ice cream is not a total loss, my dog absolutely loves it.
I didn’t see anything about the open beer container in the article. Was that just a joke?
The rule of the day. Stay out of Arkansas and West Virginia!
In April, I was the victim of a hit and run in DC. A witness took down the lady’s car make and model and license tag and gave his statement to the police. The lady caused over a thousand dollars in damage! The police officer at the scene ran her plates and gave me her name. The driver is a professor at the university of Maryland and I’m pretty sure the police have done nothing.
I would appreciate at least an excuse about ice cream or beer!!
Hey now….warm beer does not taste good…..melted ice is more tolerable…..You did say Arkansas…..You said it all….