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ROSEVILLE, Calif.— A driver whose SUV plunged into a Northern California creek after he was startled by his hands-free cell phone device escaped the sinking vehicle by blasting out the window with a handgun. The 28-year-old man, whose name wasn't immediately available, is an armed security guard at Thunder Valley Casino, north of Sacramento. He sustained minor injuries in Sunday's accident.

A spokesman for the Roseville Fire Department said the man was traveling northbound on Industrial Avenue in Roseville when the cell phone device activated. The driver was startled and veered off the road through the guardrail. The SUV landed in Pleasant Grove Creek.

He used his gun to shoot himself out, then flagged down a passerby.

Is this guy a little jumpy? No more Starbucks on the way to work!

SIA

surprise_i'm_armed wrote:Is this guy a little jumpy? No more Starbucks on the way to work!

SIA

Phone must have some powerful vibration...

Seriously.

Don't walk up to this armed security guard in his casino asking where the nickel slots are.

Hands-free cell phones are dangerous, but guns save lives.

I thought hand free devices were supposed to be "safer"?

My phone has blue-tooth and so does my car and they are linked. When I'm in my car and someone calls it rings through the car's speakers and startles me just a little, but my wife nearly comes out of her skin sometimes.