Car wreck blamed on Frosted Flakes

by Nick Vagnoni, Posted May 10th 2006 @ 2:33PM

How many times does a journalist get to use "Blame it on Tony the Tiger" as their lede? A Florida man, distracted by the bowl of Frosted Flakes he was eating, recently drove his 1999 Toyota Tacoma into the car of a local police officer. Luckily, no one was injured. The accident did cause a reported $5,000 worth of damage to both vehicles, according to the St. Pete Times. "They were in a bowl, but they were dry," a spokesman for the local sheriff's department told the Times, adding "I think the fortunate thing is nobody was really hurt so we can talk about the Frosted Flakes.''

Filed Under: Food Oddities, Newspapers
Tags: america, breakfast, car, car accident, cereal, driving, florida, frosted flakes, FrostedFlakes, oddities, pinellas, police, southern states, st. pete times, truck

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5-10-2006 @2:40PM B said... He should have used this:
http://www.theimpulsivebuy.com/wordpress/2006/04/02/kelloggs-frosted-flakes-drink-n-crunch/

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5-10-2006 @4:07PM Twisted Humor said... A crucial detail not mentioned in the story is that the officer completed a standard field sobriety test and found the driver to be high on Sugar Smack.
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