Portland, Oregon is a city best known for its environmentally friendly, easy-going and hip disposition. But last weekend, it was the epicenter and source of a massive zombie outbreak. And by massive zombie outbreak, I mean a bunch of kids dressed up as zombies in a car. And by car, I mean a car that flipped over on the interstate.

On their way to what I guess was some kind of kick-ass zombie party, a group of 5 non-zombie zombies flipped their car after swerving about on the I-84 freeway in Portland. And while you'd assume the reaction of other commuters would have been mass hysteria and fear of the spread of infection, they were a bit more concerned about the apparent state of these passengers. Apparently torn up clothes, dark makeup and fake blood doesn't always read as "zombie costume" in the case of an emergency.

Emergency crews took five victims from the crash to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police said that in their investigation they learned that the people inside the car were dressed as zombie costumes and they were headed to a party at the time of the crash.

Sgt. Greg Stewart said people who witnessed the crash initially thought the victims' injuries were much more serious, because of the zombie costumes.

"We're glad that everyone is alive, despite being 'undead'," Sgt. Stewart said, referring to the costumes.

Police are investigating the possibility of other "zombies" in the car that may have taken off on foot. Maybe these were recreational zombies with certain recreational products trying to hide from recreational conviction. Maybe they were just real zombies. Whatever was going on, I'm surprised there's no mention of the alcohol levels of anyone in the car, because hey, people who like zombies enough to dress like zombies LOVE booze.

And in completely unrelated car-related news, Gary Numan still rocks my world.

Proving that he is still a bad ass mother fucker, Gary Numan starred in a commercial for DieHard batteries, playing the sweet sounds of his mainstream hit "Cars" through a cleverly arranged keyboard of cars/car horns. And as a huge Gary Numan fan, it doesn't even bother me. I mean, I'm sure the man has a few generators of his own to keep his pad, his synths and all the random neon light sculptures that I've always assumed he'd own, so why the hell not? Gary Numan needs to eat too and if this is his brush with selling out, then I can dig it.

So what did we learn today?

Those kids should have totally hitched a ride with Gary Numan to their party. After all, in his car is where he feels safest of all.

[via KGW, BoingBoing]