Excercise Kills!

[My_Two_Cents]

HILTON HEAD, S.C. — A 38-year-old father of two was jogging and listening to his iPod when he was hit from behind and killed by a small plane making an emergency landing on the beach, officials said Tuesday.

Robert Gary Jones of Woodstock, Ga., was killed instantly on Hilton Head Island on Monday evening, said Beaufort County Coroner Ed Allen.

The single-engine plane had lost its propeller and the pilot's vision was blocked by oil on the windshield, Allen said.

Jones was married and had two children, the coroner said.

"Apparently he did not see nor hear the plane," Allen said. "The plane was basically gliding."

This is the reason I don't jog!

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[dpomp]

Originally Posted by Ricshoe

This is the reason I don't jog!

and this is the reason i do:

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by mikejet

More like listening to music too loud to be aware of your surrounding kills. Exercise is good for you!

Dude was running on the beach. Don't think he was expecting a plane to hit him.

[My_Two_Cents]

Originally Posted by dpomp

and this is the reason i do:

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Link.

[mikejet]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

Dude was running on the beach. Don't think he was expecting a plane to hit him.

Planes would make a lot of noise. His iPod must have been really really loud.

[My_Two_Cents]

Originally Posted by mikejet

Planes would make a lot of noise. His iPod must have been really really loud.

Plane lost it's propeller, the engine blew, spraying oil all over the windshield, so the pilot couldn't see and the plane was essentially a silent glider.

[mikejet]

Originally Posted by Ricshoe

Plane lost it's propeller, the engine blew, spraying oil all over the windshield, so the pilot couldn't see and the plane was essentially a silent glider.

Then this is just a freak accident. I stand by the fact that exercise is good for you.

[fatediesel]

This is why I do my running on my treadmill. Much less chance of falling planes hitting me.

[MaCruz]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

This is why I do my running on my treadmill. Much less chance of falling planes hitting me.

Or getting robbed/raped.

[sfmarine]

That's a crazy story. Hilton head is near my old stomping grounds aka Parris Island. You'd figure the pilot would have tried to avoid the runner lol.

[Batman1980]

Pilot should be charged with manslaughter and lose his wings, permanently.

[Silo5]

Originally Posted by sfmarine

That's a crazy story. Hilton head is near my old stomping grounds aka Parris Island. You'd figure the pilot would have tried to avoid the runner lol.

oil was sprayed all over the windshield and the pilot couldn't see.

[sfmarine]

Ya but he could have stuck his head out the window or something.

[AintNoSin]

Exercise doesn't kill.

Running too slow does.

[mikejet]

Originally Posted by Wolverine1980

Pilot should be charged with manslaughter and lose his wings, permanently.

It was an accident though. A freak accident.

[mikejet]

Originally Posted by sfmarine

Ya but he could have stuck his head out the window or something.

Might have been hard to control the plane that way.

[sfmarine]

What are the odds though? Getting killed by a plane while running on the beach. It's gotta be 1 in a trillion. You'd have a better chance of a shark eating you on the beach than a plane taking you out.

[Silo5]

Originally Posted by sfmarine

What are the odds though? Getting killed by a plane while running on the beach. It's gotta be 1 in a trillion. You'd have a better chance of a shark eating you on the beach than a plane taking you out.

I agree. It's situations like this that make me believe when it's your time, there's not much you can do about it.

[mikejet]

Originally Posted by Silo5

I agree. It's situations like this that make me believe when it's your time, there's not much you can do about it.

Yep, when you gotta go you gotta go.

[sfmarine]

Originally Posted by mikejet

Yep, when you gotta go you gotta go.

Yup...exactly.