Larry O'Callahan was arrested Friday for allegedly throwing his wife from a moving car. According to police, in the process of dropping her off to babysit their only granddaughter, O'Callahan is said to have slowed down only to around 10MPH as he opened the passenger door of the SUV and shoved his wife, Carrie O'Callahan, out of the vehicle. Witnesses say they heard maniacal laughter coming from inside the vehicle as it accelerated away.
Albert Krueger, a neighbor of the granddaughter's parents, witnessed the act. "I couldn't believe it when I looked out the window while having my morning coffee," Bailey said. "Here they came down the road and some blond woman came rolling out of a car down the street. It looked like he ran her leg over with the back wheel and took off running. Couldn't believe it. Thought I was seein' shit."
The son-in-law of O'Callahan came out of the garage to survey the scene. He knew he had to get his mother-in-law off the street immediately, so he immobilized her injured leg with a nearby tomato stake and quickly constructed a makeshift stretcher out of some lumber, duct tape and a tree branch lopper.
Carrie O'Callahan was happy to be off the street but none too happy with her son-in-law. "He could have just helped me up, but that idiot wanted to build a gurney or a conveyor belt or something to move me five feet", she said. Soon after the incident she was taken to the hospital for some minor cuts and bruises and a high ankle sprain that will only require arthroscopic surgery and a few months of rehabilitation.
The suspect was reported to be seen at Sheetz in Greensburg shortly thereafter purchasing a giant slushy and a Slim Jim in addition to a Low Rider magazine. He then reportedly went to work and went on with his day as if nothing had happened.
When questioned about the alleged wife-tossing, he became aggravated and hid behind his desk. Later, in an exclusive interview, he told us that something like this was bound to happen. Although he has never reached the point of violence before, in this case he had just "had enough". In a statement, O'Callahan said, "I just couldn't take it anymore. She was giving me shit for being clumsy, falling down a lot, you know, all the stupid things husbands do, and I just didn't want to hear it anymore." He then mumbled something about a take-out grilled shrimp wrap order gone awry and wandered off, mumbling to himself and shaking his head.
The 14-month-old granddaughter of the couple was taken to daycare that morning where she played and yelled all day, oblivious to the turmoil in the family.
"There's always been something a little off about Larry," a former neighbor stated in an interview. "He was always nice in a scary uncle kinda way, but I thought he was a good guy at heart. Guess he won't be getting an invitation to the neighborhood cookie bake-off this Christmas."
No word from his wife yet if she will press charges or not, but she was quoted as saying, "That crazy Larry, always fooling around in the car. The Irish Coffee that morning must have made him a little loopy, so I'm not gonna blame him. I think we'd all miss him of we had him locked up. Hey, these pain meds are GREAT! Take me for a drive, Larry!"
