Sometime in the late 1980s or early ’90s, a man borrowed his girlfriend’s car and promptly crashed it, sending the vehicle plummeting down a ravine.

The driver was trapped underneath the car. This was bad enough, but the soundtrack made matters substantially worse.

Upon impact, a cassette began playing. It was bubblegum pop duo Wham’s debut effort featuring aerobics-ready hits such as The driver could not reach the cassette player to pop the tape out.

For a day, he was bombarded by Wham.

After nearly 24 hours, rescuers found the man trapped in the car. He later told reporters, it wasn’t the broken bones, it was Wham on repeat that nearly killed him.

So, why are we discussing Wham and a long-ago, inconsequential car crash?

Because on Monday, cops were warbling the same tired tune that

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