Now here’s a story of a man who suffers for his wrongs.

Headline AP: Man Tries to Toss Cigarette, SUV Ignites

SAN FRANCISCO – A man barely escaped serious injury Thursday after a lit cigarette he tried to toss out the window while driving across the Bay Bridge blew back in and ignited the vehicle, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The unidentified man was driving westbound at about 10:40 a.m. when he tossed the cigarette out the window of his Ford Expedition, said CHP Officer Shawn Chase.

Isn’t that a great name for a California Highway Patrolman? Officer Chase.

Carried by the wind, the cigarette landed in his back seat and almost immediately burst into flames. The man quickly pulled to the side of the road, and leapt from the flame-filled SUV, which continued rolling into a guard rail, Chase said….

“He thought he had thrown it in park, but he didn’t and it just kept going,” the officer said. “It was in flames by the time he got out. He had some of his hair singed on the back of his head. It burnt down to the frame. There was nothing left.”

Now that’s an oddly worded paragraph. He throws a cigarette, and then he thinks he threw “it” (the cigarette?) into park. His hair on the back of his head is singed, and then burns to the frame. What frame? His skull? But after burning down to the frame, it turns out there is nothing is left. That must be a very insubstantial frame.

“We see people throwing cigarettes out the window all the time but never a situation like this where it comes back in,” Chase said. “This guy was lucky.”

What luck, Officer Chase! Nobody else’s car ever burns to the ground when they throw their cigarette out the window except this fortunate fellow. If you don’t mind, I will be pleased to avoid such luck, thank you very much.

But look on the bright side. He pays for violating the three laws of political correctness: Think of it. In San Francisco. He drives an SUV. He litters. And worst of all, he smokes.