After trying to sum up Amanda Ezra’s life with a pithy caption, all that can really be said here is “Shit Happens”
They say there are a million ways to die. In the case of 24-year-old Amanda Ezra, if she had the choice, she likely would’ve chosen a different way to die.
The latest Darwin Award winner and mother of three was killed early Sunday morning after she was hit in the head by an unknown object…while puking out of the passenger side window. According to investigators from St. Joseph County, Ezra, who’d clearly been drunk off her ass, was sitting on the lap of someone in the passenger seat when she decided she needed to hork and the driver, who was also pretty drunk, decided that pulling over was simply not going to happen.
Once the driver and others realized that Ezra had left the building on the way to the big adios, ironically, they pulled over and ran, likely from realizing that someone was going to go to jail over this coupled with the natural objection to riding around with a dead body that happens to have a massive head wound which is likely bleeding profusely. They didn’t get too far as the driver and one of the other three passengers were caught soon after.
The driver was arrested for OWI (Operating While Intoxicated) causing serious bodily injury and leaving the scene of an accident.
As is the case with many people who die in really stupid ways, friends and family are going out of their way to remember Ezra as a saint who never did anything wrong. Her Facebook page is festooned (I have been dying to use that word in a sentence) with condolences, calling her an “angel” and other sorts of platitudes. However, a quick scan of the page pretty much screams “this woman will die of alcohol-related causes”. The majority of the photos posted on her page have her a) at a bar, b) tongue hanging out, c) partying.
Of course, that’s pretty normal for an average 24 year old, but when three kids (three kids??) are now orphans because you needed to close down one of the local taverns, something doesn’t add up.
According to reports, Amanda Ezra wanted to “turn her life around” and become a teacher. Unfortunately for her, the only ringing bell she would get to hear would turn out to be her last.