Solar Glare
(11
August 1999 Germany)
A
42-year-old man killed himself watching the eclipse while driving near
Kaiserslautern, Germany. A witness driving behind him stated that the man was
weaving back and forth as he concentrated on the partially secluded sun, when he
suddenly accelerated and hit the bridge pier. He had apparently just donned his
solar viewers, which are dark enough to totally obscure everything except the
sun.
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