'Sacrilegious' Texter Killed in Auto Crash; Divine Retribution?
LOS ANGELES, CA (Disassociated Press) September 25, 2008 - Sacrilegious utterances have frequently been greeted with admonishing warnings of 'being struck by lightening,' and the like; for California motorist Heck Grimes, the situation may have become a reality.
Grimes, 47, was killed last week in a collision with an MTA bus while driving along Ventura Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley, while apparently texting his long time friend, Scott McAllister, about substantially fortuitous results of a physical examination he had just undergone.
"I had no idea Heck was driving at the time," explains McAllister. "He had just left the doc's office. About a year ago, Heck was in real bad shape - about 100 pounds overweight, smoked, ate poorly - a walking time bomb. He was on all kinds of blood pressure and cholesterol medications and the like.
"Anyway, he goes on a health kick, quits smoking, exercises, eats right, loses the 100 pounds - he's really looking forward to his checkup. So he texts that his doc is really happy, and his tests are so good he can come off all his meds. I text back, 'so, I guess you're pretty healthy, huh?' According to the cops, he smashed into the back of the stopped bus the second he sent his reply."
And the reply? "He said, 'I'm healthier than the Resurrected Christ,'" responded McAllister.