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Party fun turns tragic (paintball gun's gas canister hits and kills a Cameron Park mom)
Sacramento Bee ^
| 02-18-04
| Niesha Gates
Posted on 02/19/2004 8:24:21 AM PST by steveo
Edited on 04/12/2004 6:06:09 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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A paintball gun's gas canister hits and kills a Cameron Park mom in a freak accident.
Mark Contois was standing by his wife at their 10-year-old son's birthday party Monday when the freak paintball accident happened. Within seconds, Colette Contois, 37, was dead. Authorities said she was killed instantly when a carbon dioxide canister inexplicably shot out from a paintball gun that a teen was taking apart.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: co2; paintball
Nice to know they started with a prayer. I guess it was her time.
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posted on
02/19/2004 8:24:21 AM PST
by
steveo
To: steveo
Life is a precious thing and it can be taken away so easily.
To: steveo
Quick...ban paintball. Ban aerosol cans. Ban kids.
If it saves JUST ONE LIFE
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posted on
02/19/2004 8:40:57 AM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I will defend to your death my right to say it)
To: steveo
Sad, tragic, freak accident. Prayers for the family. Prayers for the kids who witnessed this and especially the boy who was dismantling the gun.
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posted on
02/19/2004 8:42:48 AM PST
by
IYAS9YAS
(Go Fast, Turn Left!)
To: steveo
Sometimes, $#!+ happens.
Any time you're working with high pressure gas, or liquid cryogens, $#!+ is just waiting to happen.
Let's be careful out there, folks.
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posted on
02/19/2004 8:44:12 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Chief Engineer, Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemens' Club)
To: steveo
My prayers and condolences to the family and friends. what a tragic accident.
One thing, it is so nice to not read the words LAW SUIT every two lines in this article.
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posted on
02/19/2004 8:44:42 AM PST
by
commish
(Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
To: steveo
We heard about this last night.
My son's basketball coach is her uncle.
What a tragedy but like I told my son, when the good Lord takes me, I hope he also takes me quickly.
To: steveo
A sad, freak accident that will increase the groundswell of supporters who wish to regulate paintball.
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posted on
02/19/2004 8:46:27 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
(The gravy train makes unscheduled stops.)
To: steveo
This is very sad indeed.
I play paintball, and helped my best friend throw a party for his 13 year old son and 20 of his friends at a local field a couple of weeks ago.
We very much stressed safety rules be followed with the punishment for breaking them being expulsion from the activities.
Paintball markers use CO2 or compressed air at very high pressures, and as this story proves, can be deadly.
Prayers for the family.
To: steveo
During a press conference held prior to the cannister being taken to the Jerret Criminal Retention Center to be kept in custody before arraignment, the canister was asked what it wanted to be when it grew up.
"An SUV," it replied.
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posted on
02/19/2004 2:39:15 PM PST
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
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