Discussion Accidental death

[fentgirl]

Hello everyone! I have always been fascinated by accidental deaths. for example:

Yashtika Acharya, while squatting, the barbell ended up under her neck and she twisted her ankle. The 270kg barbell crushed her neck in a gym accident.

A man was found inside a snow-covered car while the engine was still running. The snow was blocking the exhaust pipe and the man suffered fatal monoxide carbon poisoning.

Let me know stories like these that live rent free in your head.

 

[wiggy]

Yashtika Acharya, while squatting, the barbell ended up under her neck and she twisted her ankle. The 270kg barbell crushed her neck in a gym accident.

Equipped lifting always seemed very dicey to me(squat and bench anyway). You're increasing the amount of weight you can handle by multiple factors while at the same time drastically reducing your mobility because of the stiffness of the suit. If you get into a bad position and something has to give, it's probably going to be the part of your body that's not covered in rigid material.
To contribute to your fascination with accidental deaths, a somewhat common ocurrence in Brazil is death by carbon monoxyde poisoning, usually when tourists rent out old/remote properties, where a generator or some other appliance is leaking CO while the occupants are in a room with insufficient ventilation. Because CO has no smell, it is possible that you will pass out before realizing anything is going on, or that you will simply go to sleep normally and concentrations will become lethal during that time.

Morte de casal de bilionários intoxicados por gás no litoral de SP completa um ano sem desfecho

José Bezerra de Menezes e Luciana Bezerra morreram em 9 de setembro de 2023. Polícia Civil ainda investiga o caso por meio de inquérito, que não foi concluído.

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Billionaire couple dies of monoxyde poisoning in a rental beach property. Fortunately the son and the property staff survived. The news story shows a large machine in what seems to be the basement as the cause for the leak, but I can't identify what it might be.

Morte de casal asfixiado dentro de carro completa quatro meses; veja conclusão da investigação

Posto de combustível onde dois empresários foram encontrados mortos em Cajati (SP) pode ter contribuído para a intoxicação por monóxido de carbono (CO).

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A couple was found dead in their car, which was parked on a highway gas station. It was ruled that the car itself was not the source of the CO, but rather that the atmosphere in the area surrounding the old gas station proved to be lethal.

Morte de casal em MG: quando o gás pode matar?

O monóxido de carbono é um gás inodoro, incolor e extremamente tóxico que pode levar à morte em poucos minutos após a inalação em ambientes fechados

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Similar story. A couple was found dead inside their room in a rural inn.

Família é encontrada morta com suspeita de intoxicação por gás em Minas

Casal e dois filhos foram encontrados sem vida em casa com sinais de intoxicação por monóxido de carbono

www.em.com.br

A family of four was found dead from CO poisoning inside their apartment. According to the story, the culprit is likely a leak in a heater which had been recently installed.

 

[Jadeith]

Good source of interesting "accidental" deaths is Darwin Awards page.

 

[Aprilfarewell4]

A woman fell in a meat grinder in Pennsylvania USA a couple years ago. Recently in a nearby community a woman accidentally died falling into a river that was partially frozen. Car accidents, accidental death seems to happen all the time.

 

[JesiBel]

In my country, natural gas is widely used to heat houses in winter.

Many families forget to have their equipment and ventilation checked properly at home and die from carbon monoxide (co) poisoning.

It is estimated that 250 people die each year due to this imprudence. Entire families sometimes while they sleep.

Every autumn and winter, there are even national awareness campaigns here. But people are very risky.

CO poisoning

 

[fentgirl]

Equipped lifting always seemed very dicey to me(squat and bench anyway). You're increasing the amount of weight you can handle by multiple factors while at the same time drastically reducing your mobility because of the stiffness of the suit. If you get into a bad position and something has to give, it's probably going to be the part of your body that's not covered in rigid material.
To contribute to your fascination with accidental deaths, a somewhat common ocurrence in Brazil is death by carbon monoxyde poisoning, usually when tourists rent out old/remote properties, where a generator or some other appliance is leaking CO while the occupants are in a room with insufficient ventilation. Because CO has no smell, it is possible that you will pass out before realizing anything is going on, or that you will simply go to sleep normally and concentrations will become lethal during that time.

Morte de casal de bilionários intoxicados por gás no litoral de SP completa um ano sem desfecho

José Bezerra de Menezes e Luciana Bezerra morreram em 9 de setembro de 2023. Polícia Civil ainda investiga o caso por meio de inquérito, que não foi concluído.

g1.globo.com

Billionaire couple dies of monoxyde poisoning in a rental beach property. Fortunately the son and the property staff survived. The news story shows a large machine in what seems to be the basement as the cause for the leak, but I can't identify what it might be.

Morte de casal asfixiado dentro de carro completa quatro meses; veja conclusão da investigação

Posto de combustível onde dois empresários foram encontrados mortos em Cajati (SP) pode ter contribuído para a intoxicação por monóxido de carbono (CO).

g1.globo.com

A couple was found dead in their car, which was parked on a highway gas station. It was ruled that the car itself was not the source of the CO, but rather that the atmosphere in the area surrounding the old gas station proved to be lethal.

Morte de casal em MG: quando o gás pode matar?

O monóxido de carbono é um gás inodoro, incolor e extremamente tóxico que pode levar à morte em poucos minutos após a inalação em ambientes fechados

oglobo.globo.com

Similar story. A couple was found dead inside their room in a rural inn.

Família é encontrada morta com suspeita de intoxicação por gás em Minas

Casal e dois filhos foram encontrados sem vida em casa com sinais de intoxicação por monóxido de carbono

www.em.com.br

A family of four was found dead from CO poisoning inside their apartment. According to the story, the culprit is likely a leak in a heater which had been recently installed.

Thank you so much !! I never think about that ! It's crazy you're supposed to be one vacation and you end up poisoning yourself with CO. I love that kind of story. In a way they peacefully pass away while doing something they like.

 

[ShatteredSerenity]

CO2 can build up deep in lakes in certain conditions, then rapidly release in a limnic eruption and kill people.

The Lake Nyos limnic eruption killed 1,746 people within 25 kilometres (16 mi) of the lake.

Lake Nyos disaster - Wikipedia

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The smaller Lak Monoun limnic eruption killed 37 people.

Lake Monoun - Wikipedia

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The solution is to place a large pipe vertically in the lake, and the CO2 will naturally start bubbling to the surface through the pipe and prevents such dangerous volumes of CO2 from accumulating.

 

[DeathSleep]

That would be so convenient if I accidentally died soon. Just oops then gone.