Coconuts kill bus passengers

[punychicken]

A Lovely bunch cause deaths in Brazil.

" AT least 15 people have died after a crash between a truck loaded with coconuts and a packed bus in Brazil.

Another 35 people were injured and many of the victims were children, authorities said.

Most of the deaths and injuries were caused by coconuts that flew out of the truck, crashed through the windows of the bus and hit passengers, said Mauro Silveira, a spokesman for the Brazilian Highway Police.

"It was like they were cannon balls," Silveira said.

Police alleged the truck was travelling the wrong way near the town of Viana, about 425km north of Rio de Janeiro.

The truck drive and his passenger were among the dead."

 

[Anonymous]

Probably as well the driver died. There'd more than likely be a Bounty on his head if he tried to escape the crime scene, eh?

 

[Anonymous]

Oh, ye Gods.

 

[Anonymous]

I'll get me coat....

 

[Anonymous]

A LITTLE BIT OFF TOPIC, BUT....

A buddy of mine was stationed in the Philipines for jungle combat training, and as they boarded the trucks that were transporting them to the staging area, they were specifically told by their Sergeant "Do NOT throw things at the monkeys... As a matter of fact, don't even LOOK at my dag-gone monkeys."
As most of these guys were newbies, they were not even aware that they might be seeing monkeys in the first place. They were never told exactly why they shouldn't interact with the local fauna, but this is how they found out.
There were fruit stands all over the place near the camp, and as it was a good distance to the training staging area, the vendors always do a brisk business. All of the troops buy some fruit to snack on, and as this had been going on for a good amount of time, the local monkeys had learned to hang out beside the road, and catch the fruit that would often be tossed to them by the troops.
So sure enough, as they headed into the jungle, the road was lined with troop after troop of monkeys.
One of my pal's buddies nudges him, and says "Check this out.." and disobeying his orders, threw a fruit as hard as he could, aiming it right at the head of the most enormous monkey he could see.
The surprise for him, and the reason they were told not to do that in the first place, was the fact that the monkey, with lightning quick reflexes, CAUGHT THE FRUIT IN MID-AIR, and hurled it back at the hapless soldier as hard as it could, catching him in the face, and as a matter of fact, breaking his nose.
The rest of the primates then joined in, throwing sticks, logs, rocks, anything they could find.
Needless to say, trouble with the Sergeant followed.... Office Hours, anyone?

Trace Mann...