Mark Frauenfelder:
After police in Edmonton ticketed a car for being illegally parked, a tow truck company hauled it away and left it in a freezing cold lot without checking to see if anyone was inside. Unfortunately, there was someone in the car — an 85-year-old man.
Police in the western city of Edmonton, Alberta, said frost had obscured the car’s windows and a tow-truck driver, unaware of the elderly man sitting in the driver’s seat, took the car to the police compound. The incident occurred Tuesday.
“The security officer at that site along with the tow-truck driver noticed that there was some movement in the car,” said Edmonton Police spokeswoman Lisa Lammi.
“They accessed the vehicle and sure enough there was an elderly man inside. He was disoriented but he was not unconscious.”
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Originally posted by Mark Frauenfelder from Boing Boing