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A Guy Drove Off a Bridge
Dayton was stupid. We didn’t know why he drove off the bridge, but he did. “Whenever I drive across a bridge i always think about driving off too. Sometimes, when I drive over the bridge, my hand would start to turn the steering wheel toward the edge, but i would quickly stop myself because even I didn’t want to die.”

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