Irony Kills UNL Student

Derek Kieper, a 21-year-old senior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who wrote a column for the school paper attacking seatbelt laws as intrusions on individual liberties, was killed when flung from the back seat of the car he was in. He was not wearing a seatbelt at the time.

The driver and passenger, who were both wearing seatbelts, survived the accident.

This is only funny 'cuz I don't know him.

From his column in the Daily Nebraskan:

"It is my choice what type of safety precautions I take. There seems to be a die-hard group of non-wearers out there who simply do not wish to buckle up no matter what the government does. I belong to this group."

Take that, Alanis Morrisette.