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Motorist Reaching For Cigarette Drives Into Pond  

Jump to full article: CBS 2 Chicago, 2009-10-01

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A motorist veered off a west suburban road into a pond early Thursday after losing control while reaching for a lit cigarette that had fallen inside his car, police said. . . .

The man apparently dropped a lit cigarette while driving, scrambled to pick it up and lost control of his car, ultimately veering off the road into a pond, Wheaton Deputy Police Chief Tom Meloni said.

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