Florida woman crashes Thunderbird because she was shaving…down there
Do you ever multitask while driving? Taking a call or adjusting the radio is one thing, but a Florida woman took it to a whole new level when she attempted to shave her nether regions while driving.
As if this story wasn’t “Florida” enough, Megan Barnes was prepping to visit her boyfriend en route to Key West—so she shaved while her ex-husband (riding shotgun) attempted to steer. Despite their “razor sharp focus,” the stunt didn’t go as planned. Distracted by personal grooming, the team rear-ended another vehicle. The result has to be one of the most bizarre driving incidents in history.
According to reports, Barnes and company were driving her Thunderbird at about 45 mph through Cudjoe Key when her grooming efforts took her attention away from the road. The vehicle ahead of her—a Chevrolet SUV—slowed down to make a turn. The preoccupied Barnes didn’t notice the change in traffic until it was too late. The result was a rear-end collision.
Don’t worry–despite…activities, the crash didn’t result in any serious amputations. Two of the passengers in the SUV did sustain minor injuries. And Barnes’ trouble was only beginning.
You may be unsurprised that this was far from Barnes’ first run-in with the law. Just the day before, she had been convicted of DUI and driving with a suspended license. Despite the incident, Barnes had apparently decided to tempt fate again.
First, Barnes and her ex-husband tried to flee the scene of the accident. But they didn’t get far. Desperate to escape another ticket, Barnes somehow convinced her ex husband to slide into the driver’s seat and take the fall. At this point I’m truly struggling to figure out what’s in it for him. But I digress.
When the Florida Highway Patrol caught up with the modern Bonnie and Clyde, they found that the man had an airbag injury to his chest. Yet the driver’s side airbag had failed to deploy. (A malfunction that admittedly might have saved Barnes a ton of pain and suffering).
So she came clean and explained what she had been doing. As Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Gary Dunick quipped, “If I wasn’t there, I wouldn’t have believed it.”
The police didn’t take kindly to Barnes’ obstruction of their investigation. Her actions earned her a fresh set of criminal charges, including a felony hit-and-run and two misdemeanors. But long after the charges are settled, I expect Meghan Mariah Barnes will still be burdened with the nickname, “Pubic Enemy Number One.”