Freak Accidents All The Time

I was browsing the internet and came across several freak accidents that happened this past few days. Some situation which we thought is relatively safe can turn out to be quite the opposite.

For example Tracy Boland, 46, suffered fatal injuries when she collided with a 26-year-old Dutch woman on the Kitzsteinhorn mountain in Kaprun, Austria. The accident is a mystery. They were in a relatively easy ski area and the conditions were good i.e the slope is very broad and is for beginners. There were no witnesses and both skiers were not skiing very fast. Apparently Tracy suffered a severed aorta in the collision.

In the next example, a 15 year old school girl was killed when her scarf got entangled with a go kart she was driving. The scarf strangled her as it tightened around her neck. This happened in Hong Kong over the Chinese New Year break. The full news is here.

Finally, in Burnley, UK, 62 year old John Temme died after a faulty handbrake caused his car to roll down the driveway hitting him in a freak accident. Apparently, he had intended to leave home in his Volvo with the intention of going to watch football. Perhaps he had forgotten something and went back to the house. Whatever the reason, we’ll never know. It seems he didn’t apply the handbrake to the highest notch and the car rolled down and struck him. The only logical verdict I can record is one of accidental death.” via Burley Express

Never know when our time is up.