suicide alley

rte 90 used to be called suicide alley for the surprising number of head-on collisions.  a surprising number of those, were, in fact, suicides.  rte 90 runs from the island to the bay, from ocean city to ocean pines, and is two-lane.  so i guess a lot of people driving home from the bars decided to off themselves.  and someone else.

there was a guy, mal purdy, who got offed by an offer one night.  he used to hang out with my dad and drink beer.  he was going back to oc one night and a lady swerved into his lane.  he died and she didn’t.  that’s how we knew it was a suicide, because she said later that it was.

my dad kept a budweiser can on top pf the filing cabinet for the longest time.  it was a beer from the last time they drank together.