Jake
March 23rd, 2004, 05:27 PM
This newsbit from Dixie Rider may be evidence that wearing a helmet can save your life, at least if you're being shot at. According to a Channel 13 Eyewitness News broadcast in Houston, Texas, an unidentified man was saved when he was shot by his girlfriend, because he was still wearing his motorcycle helmet.
According to the TV news report, the couple had been riding together earlier in the evening, and an argument erupted when they arrived home around midnight.
Police say the girlfriend then shot the male in the head, but his full-face helmet protected him from serious injury. The female then barricaded herself in a nearby apartment until police hostage negotiation teams were able to convince her to surrender. She was charged with aggravated assault.
According to the TV news report, the couple had been riding together earlier in the evening, and an argument erupted when they arrived home around midnight.
Police say the girlfriend then shot the male in the head, but his full-face helmet protected him from serious injury. The female then barricaded herself in a nearby apartment until police hostage negotiation teams were able to convince her to surrender. She was charged with aggravated assault.