A homeless man in Fort Worth, Texas, was struck by a car being driven by Chante Jawan Mallard, who had been drinking and taking drugs that night. Biggs's torso became lodged in Mallard's windshield with severe but not immediately fatal injuries. Mallard drove home and left the car in her garage with Biggs still lodged in her car's windshield. She repeatedly visited Biggs and even apologized for hitting him.
Biggs passed several hours later. Chante Mallard was tried and convicted of slaying Biggs and received a 50-year prison sentence. The film Stuck is loosely based on this incident.
Bizarre deaths of the 21st century
Twenty-one people were killed and 150 injured in the Great Molasses Flood, when a large tank of molasses burst in Boston's North End.
1982: David Grundman was killed near Lake Pleasant, Arizona while shooting at cacti with his shotgun. After he fired several shots at a 26 ft (8 m) tall Saguaro Cactus from extremely close range, a 4 ft (1.2 m) limb of the cactus detached and fell on him, crushing him.
Strange Deaths: Stories and Stats That Are Bizarre, but True
While the odds aren't in your favor of dying by these strange methods, it isn't impossible that you or someone you know might be one of the 'lucky' ones to die by such things as lightening or coconuts.
- Lightening: According to the National Safety Council, you have a 1 in 138,849 chance of dying by lightening in the United States.
- Storms: According to the National Safety Council, you have a 1 in 58,669 chance of dying by cataclysmic storms in the United States.
- Hornet, Wasps, and Bees: According to the National Safety Council, you have a 1 in 59,507 chance of dying by bee, hornet, or wasp sting in the United States.
- Mosquitoes: According to a global study conducted in 2018, the animal you're most likely to die from is the mosquito.
- Falling coconuts: According to a study conducted in the early 2000s, about 150 people around the world die from falling coconuts each year.
