There's a Word for This: Ira-. Iron- ... Oh, Yeah, I Got It: Fucked Up

A blind man who invented curbside markers to help the sight-impaired was struck and killed while crossing a highway, the authorities said.

Kevin Stockton, 47, of Glide was hit by a van traveling on state Route 138 East and then by a pickup, the Oregon State Police said. Stockton died at the scene Friday night, and neither driver was injured, police said. . . .

"He developed Blind Signs to keep stuff like this from happening, and this is a hell of a way for the point to get across," his wife, Emmy Stockton, told The Roseburg News-Review.

Stockton was shot in the head by a high-powered rifle seven years ago, leaving him completely blind, hard of hearing and prone to seizures.

The title for this news article is Blind Inventor Killed Crossing Oregon Highway. Had I been the copy editor on duty when this came over the wire, it would've been different, something like, Man with the Worst Luck in the Fucking World Finally Out of His Misery.