Nominee No. 7 [ Reuters, Mississauga, Ontario ]

A man cleaning a bird feeder on the balcony of his condominium apartment

in this Toronto suburb slipped and fell 23 stories to his death. "Stefan

Macko, 55, was standing on a wheelchair when the accident occurred,"

said Inspector Darcy Honer of the Peel Regional Police. "It appears that

the chair moved, and he went over the balcony," Honer said.



Finally, THE WINNER!!! [ Arkansas Democrat Gazette ]

Two local men were injured when their pickup truck left the road and

struck a tree near Cotton Patch on State Highway 38 early Monday.

Woodruff County deputy Dovey Snyder reported the accident shortly after

midnight Monday. Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc, and Billy Ray Wallis,

38, of Little Rock, were returning to Des Arc after a frog-catching

trip. On an overcast Sunday night, Poole's pickup truck headlights

malfunctioned.

The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on the older-model truck

had burned out. As a replacement fuse was not available, Wallis noticed

that the .22 caliber bullets from his pistol fit perfectly into the fuse

box next to the steering wheel column. Upon inserting the bullet the

headlights again began to operate properly, and the two men proceeded on

eastbound toward the White River Bridge.

After traveling approximately 20 miles, and just before crossing the

river, the bullet apparently overheated, discharged and struck Poole in

the testicles. The vehicle swerved sharply right, exited the pavement,

and struck a tree. Poole suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the

accident but will require extensive surgery to repair the damage to his

testicles, which will never operate as intended. Wallis sustained a

broken clavicle and was treated and released. "Thank God we weren't on

that bridge when Thurston shot his balls off, or we might be dead,"

stated Wallis.

"I've been a trooper for 10 years in this part of the world, but this is

a first for me. I can't believe that those two would admit how this

accident happened," said Snyder. Upon being notified of the wreck and

the bodily damage, Lavinia, ( Poole 's wife) asked how many frogs the

boys had caught and did anyone get them from the truck?

Though Poole and Wallis did not die as a result of their misadventure as

normally required by Darwin Award Official Rules, it can be argued that

Poole did in fact effectively remove himself from the gene pool.