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Calif. Man Shoots His Way Out Of Sinking SUV
Man Shoots Out Window To Escape Sinking SUV After Veering Off Northern Calif. Road Into Creek

ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) A driver whose SUV plunged into a Northern California creek after he was startled by his hands-free cell phone device escaped the sinking vehicle by blasting out the window with a handgun. The 28-year-old man, whose name wasn't immediately available, is an armed security guard at Thunder Valley Casino, north of Sacramento. He sustained minor injuries in Sunday's accident.

A spokesman for the Roseville Fire Department said the man was traveling northbound on Industrial Avenue in Roseville when the cell phone device activated. The driver was startled and veered off the road through the guardrail. The SUV landed in Pleasant Grove Creek.

He used his gun to shoot himself out, then flagged down a passerby.

Now, I'm only one-third of the way through the Masters Degree in Security Management program, and I'm far from my goal of being a Certified Protection Professional, but if this guy was so startled by his ringing cell phone that it caused him to drive on into a creek, maybe he shouldn't be working as an ARMED security guard in a casino. Look what the ringing cell phone did to him -- just imagine what the clanging and noise of the slot machines in the casino could do. Just saying.