Man Drives Car Into Ocean While Shouting 'This is My Beach!'

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Photo by Christine N. Ziemba for LAist

What did you do last week to get ready for the Fourth of July? By any chance, did you drive your car straight into the ocean? If so, you aren't alone -- on Friday, a man in Long Beach sent his car hurtling into the Pacific while yelling, "This is my beach!"

The incident went down at about 3:30 p.m. at Cherry Beach in Long Beach, according to the Press Telegram. In addition to telling everyone whose beach it is, the man was also shouting out his social security number. His white Nissan Maxima got about four feet into the water before coming to a stop, at which point the driver exited the vehicle and tried to swim further out into the sea.

Fortunately, no one was hurt, and the car was towed back onto dry land about an hour later. The man, whose name hasn't been released, was taken in for psychological observation.

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By Jessica Pauline Ogilvie in News on July 5, 2012 9:30 AM
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Comments [rss]

  • Fluxgirl

    That video added nothing. 

  • Drew Thompson

    How strange ...  Los Angeles Times headline from 110 years ago (to the day) reads: 

    "Man Rides Horse Into Brea Tar Pits While Shouting 'This is my oil!'"

  • DonKeysHoTea

    it was actually a mexican pimp. he was saying, "Thees ees my beech." choo know, his beech.

  • MTkill_a_manJaro

    i could just see the nurses at his psych ward calmly reassuring him, like, "yes yes, it IS your beach!" while trying to stuff pills down his throat.

  • LeeWooJin

    You think he's dead, but he sailed away on a wave of mutilation

  • tina_3times

    Sorry but... PACIFIC?

  • hr_bookreviews

    Stellar!

  • supertubes

    www.youtube.com/watch?v...

  • Over the River

    He drove his wife into the sea? Some people have a hard time pronouncing "bitch". 

  • scooterj2003

    He could have just as easily driven the car into a crowd of people, so this is certainly better than that.

  • birdtird

    nissan maxima ='s baller

  • monkeyrotica

    The Surf Punks beg to differ.

    www.youtube.com/watch?v...

  • pavvv

     beat me to it

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