http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/20/purdue.body.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
Cliffs: Purdue freshman leaves a frat party, finds his way into a high voltage utility room that’s supposed to be locked, falls on a transformer, dies instantly. Body not found for a month.
i heard this earlier today.
Poor bastard.
If I were his folks, i’d be hiring a mega lawyer, there is no way that door should have been open like that.
i never have much pity when drunk people die.
quick and painless
least he went out instantly an painless there are worse ways to go out then that i guess<<<<this is tryin to turn a frown upside down
Damn, thats nutso.
I don’t think it was electrocution. The article didn’t specify. He may have just passed out on something and died from alcohol poisoning. They said the room was checked, just not thoroughly. If he was electrocuted you would think the burning flesh smell would have tipped them off when they opened the door to the room.
but if he was on a transformer, it would have burned him up anyway, not like the body stops being a conductor just because you’re dead.
Right. Maybe I don’t know enough about building/electrician stuff, but I wouldn’t think that the transformer coils would be exposed. Of course I would also expect that door to be locked…
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Right. Maybe I don’t know enough about building/electrician stuff, but I wouldn’t think that the transformer coils would be exposed. Of course I would also expect that door to be locked…
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yeah, usually just cooling fins and a grounded enclosure. it would be pretty warm for sure.
my bet is him pissing on something that was live.
this is why you should start drinking in high school, you go to college and drink your face off and die. seriously. or just not drink at all.
i really hate it when people suck at drinking
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snip… think the burning flesh smell would have tipped them off when they opened the door to the room.
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does it have much of a smell?
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this is why you should start drinking in high school, you go to college and drink your face off and die. seriously. or just not drink at all.
i really hate it when people suck at drinking
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:word: My parents actually encouraged me to drink a little in high school so that I didn’t die pissing on a transformer the first time I got drunk in college. Well, at least so I had a clue anyways.
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does it have much of a smell?
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Probably just like any other burning flesh (beef, pork, etc) and I would think his hair would probably be smoldering too. Burning hair smells awful.
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i never have much pity when drunk people die.
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what the fuck was he doing in there anyways?