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Spanish man dies while taking selfie on top of train
The Local (Spain) ^
| 18 Mar 2014 10:06 GMT+01:00
Posted on 03/23/2014 10:30:08 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
A 21-year-old from southern Spain died on Saturday after being electrocuted when he climbed on to a train to take a photo of himself with friends.
The young man from the Andalusian town of Andújar suffered the fatal blow when he touched a high-voltage wire on a train he and his friends had assumed was not electrified.
They'd clambered on top of the parked wagon at Andújar train station to take a picture of themselves when they suffered the severe electric shock.
Spanish online daily Ideal reported that a 3,5000-volt discharge killed the young man as he went to take the photo.
Local paramedics and police rushed to the scene but found the 21-year-old was already dead.
One of his friends survived the shock but remains in a serious condition at the local Alto Guadalquivir Hospital.
Andújar's mayor has declared three days of mourning for the town of 40,000 people in the middle of olive growing country.
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To: DeaconBenjamin
I think a new Award needs to be offered to those who join the choir eternal while engaging in acts of self-photography...
The Polaroid Award ?
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posted on
03/23/2014 10:57:10 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: DeaconBenjamin
Who says you can’t fix stupid? Now the world is a little less stupid.
To: DeaconBenjamin; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows
Hold MAH cerveza and watch me do this, niños!
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posted on
03/23/2014 11:06:26 AM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
To: DeaconBenjamin
Should have set the autoflash to off.
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posted on
03/23/2014 11:06:53 AM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: Kirkwood
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posted on
03/23/2014 11:07:25 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: RansomOttawa
I had always heard that stupidity can be a capital offense.
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posted on
03/23/2014 11:08:31 AM PDT
by
DeaconBenjamin
(A trillion here, a trillion there, soon you're NOT talking real money)
To: TexasGator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_systems_for_electric_rail_traction lists voltages for various lines. It looks like Andujar was on the RENFE line, but I can't tell if if was one of the "New High-speed lines" running at 25,000 volts AC referred to on Wikipedia or the older 3,000 volt DC line. So does "3,5000-volt" mean 3,500 volts or 35,000 volts? I can't tell. Either one is more than enough to kill you.
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posted on
03/23/2014 11:12:09 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
To: DeaconBenjamin
Never underestimate the ignorance of ‘yutes’ these days.
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posted on
03/23/2014 11:17:37 AM PDT
by
Bullish
(America should yank Obama like a rotten tooth before he poisons the entire body)
To: DeaconBenjamin
Spanish man dies while taking selfie on top of train
Where’s the picture?
Last known Selfie.
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posted on
03/23/2014 11:22:32 AM PDT
by
Koracan
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
03/23/2014 11:23:59 AM PDT
by
Ray76
(Profit from the mistakes of others, you'll never live long enough to make them all yourself.)
To: Ray76
That’s what I said when I watched it the first time.
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posted on
03/23/2014 11:24:24 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
03/23/2014 11:37:49 AM PDT
by
bray
(The Republic of Texas 2022 order here: http://braylog.com/id47.html)
To: bray
"A Spanish redneck!" ¿How do you say "Hey, y'all! Watch this!" en Español?
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posted on
03/23/2014 11:43:37 AM PDT
by
Flag_This
(Liberalism: Kills countries dead.)
To: DeaconBenjamin
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posted on
03/23/2014 11:45:21 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: Fresh Wind
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posted on
03/23/2014 11:48:26 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: TexasGator
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posted on
03/23/2014 11:54:46 AM PDT
by
South40
(Liberalism is a Disease)
To: Flag_This
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posted on
03/23/2014 11:57:53 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: DeaconBenjamin
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posted on
03/23/2014 11:58:50 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Slings and Arrows; a fool in paradise
Something like this might of happened with flight MH370. Just sayin...
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posted on
03/23/2014 12:05:05 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
To: KarlInOhio
hell, one volt can kill you depending on how many amps are with it... i wonder how much current it was carrying
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posted on
03/23/2014 12:07:35 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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