Recent UD graduate identified as man killed after car falls on top of him

WHIO ^ | May 8, 2023

[grundle]

He just finished getting his degree in mechanical engineering. I would think that someone like that would have a better understanding of this kind of thing.

[Carriage Hill]

“...after car falls on top of him...”

That’d do it.

[BipolarBob]

My first thought also.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

When I was in high school in the mid 60s, I worked on the family cars. I bought four HEAVY DUTY jack stands and triple checked that they were properly positioned, carrying the car load, and not unstable. I had big respect for the weight falling on me. I think the Smokey Yunik articles in Popular Science taught me a lot about vehicles, maintenance, and safety.

I went on to get my mechanical engineering degree.

Guess we aren’t making MEs and shade tree mechanics like we used to.

[billorites]

This is why I don't mind paying the shop rate.

Let the car fall on one of their guys.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

What was he doing, stealing his own catalytic converter?

[Responsibility2nd]

I would bet most car jacks are imported from China. I’ve had a car jack fail on me. I was only changing a tire, so there was no damage done to myself.

Never. NEVER trust a jack by itself. Always use solid stands or blocks.

[linMcHlp]

bttt

[21twelve]

I got an engineering degree and probably worked on my car underneath it using only a jack to hold it up. Now that I’m older and wiser I use decent jack stands and put the tires underneath the car too as a second chance. I always gave the car a good shake in all directions to confirm it was steady, and always used blocks or rocks under any wheels that were touching the ground.

So sad to hear of this accident.

[Degaston]

That’s why they have procedures with safeguards because they don’t want the cars falling on them either.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Never. NEVER trust a jack by itself.”

Exactly right. One of the very first automotive lessons I learned. Right after learning how to crawl into the back seat.

[Gay State Conservative]

The autopsy results should be fun to read. “Twenty two year old male....hoo-ha intact...”

[Honest Nigerian]

Smokey Eunuch is coming back with a new spelling. LOL

[Yardstick]

I did the same thing back in the day but wouldn’t think of doing it now. Funny how your perception of risk changes as you get older. Just the thought of being under a car with just a jack gives me the willies now.

[TexasGator]

https://www.bing.com/search?q=def+hoo-ha&cvid=d3cba1b16d644cbaa6c7914076b07ffc&aqs=edge..69i57j0l2.5825j0j4&FORM=ANAB01&PC=U531

[Rdct29]

I was always very careful when I worked underneath a jacked up car. I would either put it on cinder blocks or use blocks of wood to put under each tire. If I was doing brakes or changing a tire I always used jack stands as back up. My father had me helping him work on cars since I was a young kid. He taught me to be safe.

[G Larry]

Uh....did he chock the tires on the opposite side of the car to prevent it from rolling?

It is the rolling that causes the car to fall from the jack.

[Gay State Conservative]

I heard that term used by the detective who that cop who got 200 years in prison for sex crimes he committed against various women he pulled over. She referred to a woman's private area as her “hoo-ha”. She was a Southern gal so I assumed that it's a Southern thing.

[Gay State Conservative]

who that cop = who questioned that cop

[moovova]

Didn’t learn much did he...