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Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts) Tue Mar 18, 2014, 12:41 PM Mar 2014

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A Rare Case of Selfie Inflicted Wounds

A 21-year-old man was fatally electrocuted after he and a group of young people climbed onto the top of a train in Spain to take pictures of themselves, according to local media reports.

The unnamed man in the southern town of Andujar touched a high-powered cable he thought was not live, La Razon newspaper reported.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/fatal-photo-man-electrocuted-trying-take-selfie-train-n55636

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A Rare Case of Selfie Inflicted Wounds (Original Post) Xipe Totec Mar 2014 OP

Whoops. Agschmid Mar 2014 #1

Indeed! In_The_Wind Mar 2014 #3

Darwinism is not impeded by technology 1000words Mar 2014 #2

Touche! Xipe Totec Mar 2014 #4

In fact, it's enhanced by it Warpy Mar 2014 #5

Saw a video on liveleak of this happening to someone else. aikoaiko Mar 2014 #6

I just checked that out... truebrit71 Mar 2014 #12

Every train needs a conductor. Orrex Mar 2014 #7

oh damn snooper2 Mar 2014 #8

Took me a minute ... 1000words Mar 2014 #10

Ohm my! pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #13

Give that headline writer a raise pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #9

Who would have believed that a wire above a train could be live? PCIntern Mar 2014 #11

"Dr. Darwin, paging Dr. Charles Darwin..." catbyte Mar 2014 #14

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)

1. Whoops.

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 12:44 PM

Mar 2014

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

3. Indeed!

Reply to Agschmid (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 12:47 PM

Mar 2014

1000words

(7,051 posts)

2. Darwinism is not impeded by technology

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 12:46 PM

Mar 2014

Death, by way of self-absorption, is a shameful one.

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)

4. Touche!

Reply to 1000words (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 01:10 PM

Mar 2014

Literally.

Warpy

(111,259 posts)

5. In fact, it's enhanced by it

Reply to 1000words (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 01:13 PM

Mar 2014

as dumb kids try to enact things that were done by fakery on You Tube.

aikoaiko

(34,170 posts)

6. Saw a video on liveleak of this happening to someone else.

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 01:14 PM

Mar 2014

It was not a pretty sight. I think it was entitled, simply, Man electrocuted on train

truebrit71

(20,805 posts)

12. I just checked that out...

Reply to aikoaiko (Reply #6)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 01:53 PM

Mar 2014

...that was shocking...

Orrex

(63,210 posts)

7. Every train needs a conductor.

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 01:15 PM

Mar 2014

snooper2

(30,151 posts)

8. oh damn

Reply to Orrex (Reply #7)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 01:17 PM

Mar 2014

1000words

(7,051 posts)

10. Took me a minute ...

Reply to Orrex (Reply #7)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 01:24 PM

Mar 2014

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

13. Ohm my!

Reply to Orrex (Reply #7)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 02:00 PM

Mar 2014

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

9. Give that headline writer a raise

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 01:20 PM

Mar 2014

PCIntern

(25,544 posts)

11. Who would have believed that a wire above a train could be live?

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 01:35 PM

Mar 2014

He "thought" it wasn't? From experience...?

catbyte

(34,386 posts)

14. "Dr. Darwin, paging Dr. Charles Darwin..."

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 02:04 PM

Mar 2014

I feel bad for his family, though.

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