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Ridiculous Accidents

"Spiderman attacked him": Irish runner struck by flying elastic cross bar in freak athletics accident
Video:
Charlotte Krol, video news producer, video source Storyful / YouTube / nTrai
13 February 2017 • 8:27pm

Runner Aengus Meldon sprints towards victory at a university athletics event in Athlone, Ireland on Friday when he is hobbled in a freak accident. An elastic practice cross bar from a nearby pole vault catapults onto the track, wrapping around his legs.

Meldon had been leading his heat of the men’s 800 metres at the time and was thus given a place in the final.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/20...ked-irish-runner-struck-flying-elastic-cross/
 
Not ridiculous exactly, but an unusual and very sad accident.

A parked car seems to have rolled off a drive and run over some children, killing a one year old girl.

Toddler dies after 'unoccupied' car hits wall in Merthyr Tydfil

Police are believed to be investigating reports that an unoccupied car rolled down a hill into a wall, which then collapsed, at an address in Heolgerrig, Merthyr Tydfil. Pearl was taken to Prince Charles hospital in Merthyr Tydfil by air ambulance after the incident at 1.39pm on Sunday but died a short time later.
 
Woman Shot Dead By Hunter Who Mistook Her For A Deer

From Pennsylvania.
Rosemary Billquist was out with her Labradors Sugar and Stella in the field behind her home when a single gunshot hit her - fired from a high-powered pistol

Her neighbour Thomas Jadlowski, 34, thought he had seen a deer when he fired the shot, police said, but he heard a scream and rushed over to Rosemary.

The incident happened 40 minutes after sunset, although state laws say it's illegal to hunt in the dark, the New York Post reports.

Charges have not been filed against him yet but there is an ongoing investigation taking place.
 
Going back a few posts, just how does one "demonstrate her naked breasts"?
 
Going back a few posts, just how does one "demonstrate her naked breasts"?

Could be a translation issue. In this case she was hanging out the passenger window whilst wearing only bikini bottoms. I'm not sure demonstrate is the right word. Flaunt is probably more to the point.
 
This is the sort of thing you'd consider a shade less than credible in a comedy farce, but apparently the Cosmic Joker has been watching a lot of slapstick movies lately ...

Oblivious Trucker Leaves Behind Trail of Destruction as Tree Branch Gets Wedged in Big Rig
... A tractor-trailer left behind a five-block trail of destruction in Queens after the oblivious driver struck a tree and unknowingly got a branch wedged in his truck.

Police say the 36-year-old driver was on 14th Avenue in Whitestone when he hit the tree, got a large branch stuck in between his cab and trailer and kept on going.

The driver, who police say didn’t realize he had the tree limb stuck on his truck, continued driving for five blocks, from 147th Street to 152nd Street, hitting at least a dozen cars in the process around 10 p.m. Tuesday.

"We heard this loud noise, like a freight train coming down the block," said neighbor Audrey Neilan, whose car was among the destroyed. "It was a big 18-wheeler, he had the tree in between his car, he just kept barreling down. He hit about 15 cars. It was a mess."

All the cars were parked on the side of the road and were unoccupied at the time, cops said. ...

FULL STORY: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loc...ns-Flushing-NYPD-Investigation-485997621.html
 

There used to be a comedian with a routine about doing this, maybe Billy Connolly? The previous Mr Snail and I found this hilarious to the point of always saying 'Ring ring!' when the other was ironing.
 
Not Mellow (wait for the driver):

Russian highway now yellow after road-painting truck accident
Dylan Love
June 1, 2015 at 23:46:50 | Last updated Mar 8, 2017 at 20:15:10


Source:
https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/road-painting-truck-crash/
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My sister fell backwards off stage while she was directing a rehearsal at her school.
OK, she's not famous, so maybe it doesn't count.
 
When Techy played bass with a band he once leapt around enthusiastically enough to crash through the stage. I believe he continued playing.
 
When Techy played bass with a band he once leapt around enthusiastically enough to crash through the stage. I believe he continued playing.
He was playing some really low notes.
 
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