Woman killed by Laptop
 

The family of a Surrey, B.C., woman who died in a car accident last month is warning the public that everyday objects carried in the back of your car can be lethal.

Heather Storey, 25, was killed by a laptop hitting the back of her head during a traffic accident on March 16.

Storey was driving to work when her Volkswagen Golf was struck by a large tow truck in the intersection of 103A and Scott Road. She died at the scene.

A crash reconstruction team found that the death could have been preventable, according to RCMP Cpl. Roger Morrow.

"Despite considerable damage to the car, investigators looked at the driver and passenger compartment and believed this was a survivable accident," Morrow said.

Storey's brother Michael Pratt was told initially by police she was struck by something inside her car.

"I believe the laptop was in the backseat. She had luggage with her for a business trip."

The coroner's findings confirm Storey died from blunt force trauma to the back of the head.

"When the car came to an abrupt halt the laptop sitting on the back seat of her car became a projectile and took her life," Morrow said.

The force of the blow was so strong that it shattered the screen of the computer and bent the frame.

"A laptop is an everyday instrument that a multitude of people carry on a day-to-day basis that we think nothing of having it unsecured inside the car," Morrow said.

"It's a tragic and preventable death."

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$10 family is going to sue laptop manufacturer, LoL

Shitty way to go. RIP.

shouldnt the neck rest stop the laptop?

how tall is that girl ?

Feel sorry for her family.
R.I.P.

How are they going to sue for that? What do they expect? a Lighter laptop?
That would of been the only way to have weaken the impact.

Even if the laptop was like desgined as a ball, it would of still hit her head with enough force to kill her.

^
LoL they COULD say the laptop manufacturer's negligence resulted in her death. If they provided a proper duty of care by placing labels saying "do not use in moving vehicle" then she would have been alive.

Jokes aside, it really sucks for this person. Keeping my laptop in my trunk now.

Lmfao, hit by a tow truck.

oh wow...a laptop? really?!

can i have that laptop ?

gosh and i thought death by snoo snoo was outrageous.

RIP. Apparently she was a friend of my brother and a member of another forum.

Exactly what I was thinking

RIP bad death..

10 dollars it wont fly


no pun intended lol

it coulda been preventable if her headrest was properly adjusted would it not?

This wouldn't happen if people actually used their trunk, instead of throwing things in their backseat...

This person would still be alive :(

I wanna turn some peoples cars upside down and show them how much shit falls out

horrible way to die..

OUCH

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sometimes i wonder if the ipod i have on my dash will fly and take someone's eye out in an accident. hmm

^more than likely... it's a stainless steel casing... they are heavy fuckers.

and as Inaii said, she was a friend of mine. hadn't talked to her in a while and then was totally shocked to see this on the news. =[

She was a member of BCRotary...apparently went by the name Vixen.

http://www.bcrotary.com/showthread.p...1040#post81040

that would be the thread i made on bcrotary haha.

not sure if she was on RS or not.

And this, boys and girls, is why we put loose objects in the TRUNK of our car.

Call me paranoid, but I've been afraid of something like this happening for years. Guess this proves it IS possible to die this way.

RIP.

damn