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It was below-zero weather, there was snow on the car, and the old woman in the passenger seat was unresponsive — maybe she had frozen to death, a frantic passer-by told cops.
But when emergency crews in upstate Hudson, NY, raced to the scene, broke the rear window of the Subaru and opened the door, they found she couldn’t be revived.
It wasn’t their fault; many others had tried and failed, because the “woman” was actually a realistic-looking, life-size mannequin.
The kind used in CPR training.
The owner — the real dummy of this story — is a sales manager for a medical training-aid manufacturer, the Albany Times Union reported of the Friday morning incident.
When the owner turned up, he was livid that his window was busted.
He told cops he travels all the time with the mannequin — which features realistic hair, teeth, an oxygen mask, even facial blemishes. He just seatbelts her in the passenger seat out of convenience.
Hudson Police Chief L. Edward Moore said no charges were pending.
“It is my understanding that the owner was incredulous that we took action in this matter,” Chief L. Edward Moore said in a press release.
“He apparently was quite vocal and vulgar to my sergeant.”
The chief added, “Just to clear the record, all citizens of Hudson should be put on notice that if you park your locked vehicle on the street on a subzero night with a life-size realistic mannequin seated in it ... we will break your window.”