Here's the roundup of this year's winners. See if you recognize some of these tragic tales from our popular "Dope of the Week" feature.
A home handyman in Australia wondered how a hand grenade left over from World War II had been constructed. He tried cutting it in two, hacking away until it blew him to bits!
Train-hopping led to the demise of a Kentucky man who was showing off for friends by jumping aboard slow-moving rail cars, riding them for a bit and then jumping off.
His last act of carelessness was failing to notice a north-bound train on the track next to the south-bound freight he was about to board. He was hit and killed by the oncoming locomotive on the north-bound track.
Another train-lover's travels were ended in Romania. Kneeling by the tracks to listen for a commuter train scheduled to stop at his station, he was hit and killed by a fast-moving express.
Jailhouses were the scenes of at least two tragic-comedies. In took place in Arizona, where a jailbird pooped on the floor of his cell, slipped on the mess, cracked his head on the cement and died of his injury.
College students in Tennessee were pained, too, by the experience of a 19-year-old who took what was supposed to be a three-story joy ride down a laundry chute.
The chute the student jumped into was a garbage chute, however, and when he reached the bottom he was crushed to death by a garbage compactor.
Often some of the stupidest things people do don't result in death -- but still deserve recognition. Here are a few:
A construction worker was nearly killed at a new jail in Florida. Working on the fourth floor, he attached his safety harness to a piece of scaffolding and then -- in a fit of forgetfulness -- tossed it to the ground. The resulting tug yanked him to the ground, where he landed on the scaffolding, which sliced through both his legs, but he survived.
In Pakistan, an absent-minded judge made a severe error in judgment when it came to handling an explosive piece of evidence. He pulled the pin on a grenade to see if it was real -- and it detonated, almost blowing His Honor to bits. The judge was lucky to be alive after his clumsy handling of "Exhibit B" (for "Bomb").
http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/news/index.cfm?instanceid=57365
A home handyman in Australia wondered how a hand grenade left over from World War II had been constructed. He tried cutting it in two, hacking away until it blew him to bits!
Train-hopping led to the demise of a Kentucky man who was showing off for friends by jumping aboard slow-moving rail cars, riding them for a bit and then jumping off.
His last act of carelessness was failing to notice a north-bound train on the track next to the south-bound freight he was about to board. He was hit and killed by the oncoming locomotive on the north-bound track.
Another train-lover's travels were ended in Romania. Kneeling by the tracks to listen for a commuter train scheduled to stop at his station, he was hit and killed by a fast-moving express.
Jailhouses were the scenes of at least two tragic-comedies. In took place in Arizona, where a jailbird pooped on the floor of his cell, slipped on the mess, cracked his head on the cement and died of his injury.
College students in Tennessee were pained, too, by the experience of a 19-year-old who took what was supposed to be a three-story joy ride down a laundry chute.
The chute the student jumped into was a garbage chute, however, and when he reached the bottom he was crushed to death by a garbage compactor.
Often some of the stupidest things people do don't result in death -- but still deserve recognition. Here are a few:
A construction worker was nearly killed at a new jail in Florida. Working on the fourth floor, he attached his safety harness to a piece of scaffolding and then -- in a fit of forgetfulness -- tossed it to the ground. The resulting tug yanked him to the ground, where he landed on the scaffolding, which sliced through both his legs, but he survived.
In Pakistan, an absent-minded judge made a severe error in judgment when it came to handling an explosive piece of evidence. He pulled the pin on a grenade to see if it was real -- and it detonated, almost blowing His Honor to bits. The judge was lucky to be alive after his clumsy handling of "Exhibit B" (for "Bomb").
http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/news/index.cfm?instanceid=57365
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