Posted on 01/22/2014 2:28:16 PM PST by kingattax
Tragic teen Kanwel Butt was electrocuted while 'listening' to the railway track to see if his delayed train was coming.
The 17-year-old put his ear to the live rail and was killed instantly.
An inquest today heard how the teenager had moved to England from Pakistan just months earlier and was making his first solo train journey.
In Pakistan people sometimes listen to rails, which are not live, to see if a train is coming.
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
The guy above got pushed off the platform during a fight in Brooklyn. Witnesses reported smoke coming from his head and the aroma of burning flesh. 625 volts. But he survived. Story.
That. Was. Funny.
(thank you very much)
Some are easier than others.
Holy crap. Stupid jerk.
Awesome. The science geek in me loves your post!
Sad. RIP.
The kid was probably retarded, (as in having down´s syndrome or hunting disease or other such things which make you have intelligence of a small child) Only a person whos not playing with a full deck would do something like this , so i dont thing we should be joking about this.
I offer my condolences to the family of this person
Pretty much my reaction the first time I saw it.
RIP...that’s all.
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