Anonymous
Post 05/27/2023 22:59     Subject: People you know that died in a freak accident. What happened?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:One great uncle bumped his elbow and then died a week later. Then, one great uncle shot the other uncle and then went to their mom's house for coffee. Over thr course of a half an hour they discussed the death, and it wasn't clear if it was murder or accidental. They decided to cover it up. My parents debated naming me after the shooter uncle, but gave me a more American name.


There was a guy who was catering a wedding in the UK. It was a multi-day wedding for the daughter of a media mogul. Anyway, one of her brothers was addicted to coke. That brother got one of the caterers to drive him to a local dealer in the dark. If I recall correctly, it was also raining that night. Both the brother and the caterer were already high AF by the time the caterer started driving. He was tired and zoned out. He hit a truck, car flipped, smashed the car into a body of water, drowned and died. The brother survived and hitchhiked back to the accommodation. It was very unfortunate watching the caterer die that way.


Succession?
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2023 22:57     Subject: People you know that died in a freak accident. What happened?
I didn’t know her personally (obviously), but I feel a thread of this nature deserves a mention of the infamous death of the brilliant dancer Isadora Duncan. She was strangled to death by her long scarf when it caught in the wheels of a convertible in which she was riding. Look up Isadora Duncan syndrome.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2023 22:52     Subject: Re:People you know that died in a freak accident. What happened?
Anonymous wrote:High school friend and her mother swept away in 2004 tsunami.

College classmates died just after graduation in small plane crash in Alaska

Friend of parent had deathly nut allergy. Was at restaurant and assured no nuts. But…,Salad had been tossed in bowl with residue of walnut oil. By the time spouse rushed back from car with Epipen (which they had left in car) she was dead.

Boy this is a depressing thread…



A girl at my elementary school, older sibling of a kid in my grade, had a severe peanut allergy. They took the 5th graders on a field trip to a water park at the end of the school year every year - she ate some french fries there that had been cooked in peanut oil and she died. This was in the 80s when people weren't as tuned into allergies.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2023 22:51     Subject: People you know that died in a freak accident. What happened?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:One great uncle bumped his elbow and then died a week later. Then, one great uncle shot the other uncle and then went to their mom's house for coffee. Over thr course of a half an hour they discussed the death, and it wasn't clear if it was murder or accidental. They decided to cover it up. My parents debated naming me after the shooter uncle, but gave me a more American name.


There was a guy who was catering a wedding in the UK. It was a multi-day wedding for the daughter of a media mogul. Anyway, one of her brothers was addicted to coke. That brother got one of the caterers to drive him to a local dealer in the dark. If I recall correctly, it was also raining that night. Both the brother and the caterer were already high AF by the time the caterer started driving. He was tired and zoned out. He hit a truck, car flipped, smashed the car into a body of water, drowned and died. The brother survived and hitchhiked back to the accommodation. It was very unfortunate watching the caterer die that way.


Oh please. Isn’t that a plot line from Succession?
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2023 22:48     Subject: Re:People you know that died in a freak accident. What happened?
Anonymous wrote:Car got hit by a boat on a trailer that in some way detached from the car that was hauling it on the highway. Don’t drive behind boats!


My aunt very nearly died in this same way.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2023 22:46     Subject: People you know that died in a freak accident. What happened?
Standing at a bus stop and hit by a car.
Driving back from beach week, and the driver fell asleep. Friend’s sister was killer. Her brother was killed years later in another one car accident in the same town.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2023 22:44     Subject: People you know that died in a freak accident. What happened?
Small car in the 90s. Hit head on by a guy in a truck changing the radio station and was beheaded.

Fire

Infection from an epidural

Anonymous
Post 05/27/2023 22:38     Subject: People you know that died in a freak accident. What happened?
https://nypost.com/2022/06/07/worker-steven-dierkes-melted-in-half-after-falling-into-vat-of-molten-iron/
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2023 22:20     Subject: People you know that died in a freak accident. What happened?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:A girl I ran track with died running in the Grand Canyon. She misjudged her capabilities and died of dehydration. She was a med student, Boston marathoner, elite athlete. For years her picture was a warning to hikers to respect their own limits.



Someone in their 30s died trying to hike it in one day this week.


Since folks are telling Grand Canyon stories, when my husband visited Grand Canyon as a child he watched a young teen lean over the overlook to get a good picture and then plunge to his death, with his screaming parents nearby. My husband was about 12.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2023 22:00     Subject: Re:People you know that died in a freak accident. What happened?
This exact thing happened in Succession.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2023 20:18     Subject: People you know that died in a freak accident. What happened?
Anonymous wrote:One great uncle bumped his elbow and then died a week later. Then, one great uncle shot the other uncle and then went to their mom's house for coffee. Over thr course of a half an hour they discussed the death, and it wasn't clear if it was murder or accidental. They decided to cover it up. My parents debated naming me after the shooter uncle, but gave me a more American name.


There was a guy who was catering a wedding in the UK. It was a multi-day wedding for the daughter of a media mogul. Anyway, one of her brothers was addicted to coke. That brother got one of the caterers to drive him to a local dealer in the dark. If I recall correctly, it was also raining that night. Both the brother and the caterer were already high AF by the time the caterer started driving. He was tired and zoned out. He hit a truck, car flipped, smashed the car into a body of water, drowned and died. The brother survived and hitchhiked back to the accommodation. It was very unfortunate watching the caterer die that way.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2023 20:06     Subject: Re:People you know that died in a freak accident. What happened?
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:I know someone who was killed by a bear while camping.



We may know each other. Was she on her own at the time and bear suit may have been cause?



No, it was a man camping with friends. No bear suit involved. Attacked by a grizzly bear.


OK. In our case were able to recover the molded head from the suit she was wearing at the time. Not a bad thing to have.


NP. So…you’re trolling?


Np, wasn't it obvious from the first post?


DP. Kind of but I thought people wouldn’t troll about something as horrible as someone getting attacked and killed by a bear. I guess people are pretty heartless.


Yeah…”attacked by a bear” is not something pinging my troll radar on this thread. Until the bear suit comes into play.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2023 18:42     Subject: People you know that died in a freak accident. What happened?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:One great uncle bumped his elbow and then died a week later. Then, one great uncle shot the other uncle and then went to their mom's house for coffee. Over thr course of a half an hour they discussed the death, and it wasn't clear if it was murder or accidental. They decided to cover it up. My parents debated naming me after the shooter uncle, but gave me a more American name.


Which movie is this?


It's true. I'm of Danish extraction.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2023 18:36     Subject: Re:People you know that died in a freak accident. What happened?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I know someone who was killed by a bear while camping.



We may know each other. Was she on her own at the time and bear suit may have been cause?



No, it was a man camping with friends. No bear suit involved. Attacked by a grizzly bear.


OK. In our case were able to recover the molded head from the suit she was wearing at the time. Not a bad thing to have.


NP. So…you’re trolling?


Np, wasn't it obvious from the first post?


DP. Kind of but I thought people wouldn’t troll about something as horrible as someone getting attacked and killed by a bear. I guess people are pretty heartless.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2023 18:35     Subject: People you know that died in a freak accident. What happened?
Teddy jumping into the silo of sorghum in the movie The Dressmaker. Sorry to stray from the op’s question but it is freaky.