Man dies after accidentally drinking gasoline from salsa jar then lighting cigarette

Yahoo! News ^ | Feb. 29, 2012 | Dylan Stableford

[Free ThinkerNY]

A 43-year-old man in North Carolina died Tuesday after drinking gasoline and lighting a cigarette, police there say.

Gary Allen Banning of Havelock, N.C., was taken to a local hospital late Monday after police responded to a 911 call from a resident reporting an apartment fire. Banning was transported to the University of North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center in Chapel Hill where he died early Tuesday. He had suffered severe burns.

According to police, Banning accidentally drank from a salsa jar containing gasoline at a friend's apartment, spitting it out and getting it on his clothes. He later lit the cigarette that ignited his clothes.

[stefanbatory]

hold muh beer!

[combat_boots]

Bummer.

[Doogle]

..when your called, you go.

[driftdiver]

thats some HOT salsa

[JimSEA]

That wasn’t whiskey in the jar.

[WXRGina]

News that makes you say “What the...?”

[Drew68]

Police do not suspect any foul play, but are awaiting toxicology results before concluding their investigation.

Now why on earth would anyone possibly suspect that there might be some or many types of intoxicants involved?

[gov_bean_ counter]

You think this salsa will give me gas???

[ColdOne]

Darwin award!

[ColdOne]

You think this salsa will give me gas??? Post of the day!!!

[gov_bean_ counter]

:)

[Revolting cat!]

Oh, I asked her for water, she brought me gasoline.
Oh, I asked her for water, she brought me gasoline.
That's the troublingest woman that I ever seen.

[mardi59]

How can he not tell he just drank gasoline? Stuffy nose? Awful way to die, but add stupidity and that makes it horrendous.

[dsrtsage]

One less Obummer voter

[Cementjungle]

A friend of mine accidently took a gulp of kerosene while hiking up Mt. Rainier and got pretty sick from it. Fortunately for him, he wasn’t a smoker.

[AlexW]

“How can he not tell he just drank gasoline? Stuffy nose? “
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I thought the same thing, but the headline is misleading.

It seems that he realized that it was gasoline the moment
it was in his mouth. He spit it out, but it landed on his clothes which were ignited by the cigaret.

[PalmettoMason]

I'm scratching my head over your tagline.

"Below average"... what?

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Thank goodness I have an honest Moonshiner!

[UCANSEE2]

I just hate it when I make a typo in my tagline.