The account of the JATO #Rocket #Car was one of the original #DarwinAwards winners: a man who supposedly spectacularly met his death after mounting a JATO unit (a rocket engine used to help heavy aircraft to take off) onto an ordinary automobile. It was originally circulated as a forwarded email.
In 1996, after numerous inquiries, the #Arizona Department of Public Safety issued a news release posted on their website concerning the story. It termed the story "an Arizona myth."






