The Death of "Stagger Lee"

On 5 June 2000, at 7:20AM,
Crazy Dave was hit head on by another driver
who crossed a double yellow center line
on King George County,Rt. 206, Approx. .4 miles west of Va. State Road 301.

We still don't know why the other driver was in my lane.

The combined impact speed was guesstimated to be around 90MPH!!

(SOB)"Stagger Lee" had died! (SOB)

The Dahlgren Rescue Squad Stations #1 and #2 and the King George Volunteer Fire Department along with members of the NSWC-Dahlgren Co. 28 quickly responded and had to cut me out of the mess that was once my beloved truck.

Because I was wearing a seatbelt, I almost walked away from the wreckage.

The impact was so violent, it ripped the body right off of the frame!

"Stagger Lee's" "backbone" was bent at a 30 degree
angle and snapped clean in places.

Everyone at the accident scene said I should have been dead! Praise be to God that I'm not.

The local Rescue Squad and the Va. State Police investigating officer said that Stagger Lee's 36 inch tires and 8 inches of lift kit (4 inch Trailmaster suspension lift and 4 inch Trailmaster body lift) saved me by making the oncoming vehicle "dive" under me.
The energy of the crash bled off when Stagger Lee used the car as a suedo-ramp and went airborne.
Had we hit stock height, bumper to bumper, both drivers would have both been killed on impact.

Stick that in your shoe Anti-Lift Kit N.J and Va. Lobbyists and Ralph Naderists!

Stagger Lee and I had been together for over 12 years.

"EULOGY FOR A FRIEND"

Since June 1988, we weathered trips from Kittenary to Key West... Culver's Gap to Chicago and all points in between. You survived hurricanes, hail, ice storms and blizzards. You were sunk in New Jersey cedar swamp mud to your door handles...you were once called a "U-Boat" while fording a river outside of Rooster Run, Ky.! You even wound up backwards going down I-95 in Conn. during a blizzard!!! Together we saw a lot and did a lot.
Never once did you "complain".

Good Bye my friend. I'll miss you forever. :-(

"STAGGER LEE"
Born: ?? Nov. 1987 - Died: 5 Jun. 2000

SEAT BELTS WORK!!
I'M LIVING PROOF.
PLEASE WEAR THEM !!!

[National Safety Council, Seat Belt and Airbag Division]

These are the organizations who quickly responded to the accident scene.
A big Crazy Dave thank you to all who worked to insure I was alive and well.
Visit them please!!!!

Dahlgren Rescue Squad Stations #1 and #2

[Virginia State Police, Bowling Green Barracks]

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"Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price

The night was clear and the moon was yellow
And the leaves came tumbling down.
I was standing on the corner when I heard my bulldog bark.
He was barkin' at the two men who were gamblin' in the dark.

It was Stagger Lee and Billy, two men who gambled late.
Stagger Lee threw seven, Billy swore that he threw eight.
Stagger Lee told Billy, "I can't let you go with that".
"You have won all my money and my brand new stetson hat".

Stagger Lee started off goin' down that railroad track.
He said "I can't get you Billy but don't be here when I come back".
Stagger Lee went home and he got his forty-four,
Said "I'm goin' to the barroom just to pay that debt I owe".

Stagger Lee went to the barroom and he stood across the barroom door.
He said "Nobody move" and he pulled his forty-four.
Stagger Lee shot Billy, oh he shot that poor boy so bad.
Till the bullet came through Billy and it broke the bartender's glass.

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