Just when I thought that nothing particularly interesting occurs out here in Western Massachusetts, I ran across the following news item:

Woman Runs Down Lord Jesus Christ in Massachusetts Street

The victim has probably forgiven the woman who ran him down in a Northampton crosswalk, but police haven’t.

Police say a Pittsfield woman has been cited for running down Lord Jesus Christ as he crossed the street in Northampton.

Officers responding to Tuesday’s incident checked the 50-year-old Belchertown man’s ID and discovered that, indeed, Lord Jesus Christ is his legal name.

He was taken to the hospital for treatment of minor facial injuries.

Police say 20-year-old Brittany Cantarella was cited for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.

I just have a few questions. How bad does your karma have to be to run over the son of God? Should the hapless Ms. Cantarella start packing a bag for the netherworld? Did the Lord Jesus Christ rise up on his own, or was he lifted onto a stretcher? Doesn’t it seem more than a little ironic that he was nailed in a crosswalk? Does this mean the End of Days is upon us? What a strange and wacky world we live in.