# Wow, what a terrible way to go.
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-what-a-terrible-way-to-go/26152
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [March 20, 2007, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-what-a-terrible-way-to-go/26152 "2007-03-20T09:55:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2007, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-what-a-terrible-way-to-go/26152/1 "2007-03-20T09:55:25Z")
[http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/20/purdue.body.ap/index.html?eref=rss\_topstories](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.
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### Author:  [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2007, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-what-a-terrible-way-to-go/26152/2 "2007-03-20T10:16:51Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2007, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-what-a-terrible-way-to-go/26152/3 "2007-03-20T10:19:36Z")
i never have much pity when drunk people die.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2007, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-what-a-terrible-way-to-go/26152/4 "2007-03-20T10:22:19Z")
quick and painless
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### Author:  [@Afrank45](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Afrank45)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2007, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-what-a-terrible-way-to-go/26152/5 "2007-03-20T10:23:10Z")
least he went out instantly an painless there are worse ways to go out then that i guess\<\<\<\
### Author:  [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2007, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-what-a-terrible-way-to-go/26152/6 "2007-03-20T10:23:59Z")
Damn, thats nutso.
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### Author:  [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2007, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-what-a-terrible-way-to-go/26152/7 "2007-03-20T10:24:40Z")
^yeah. the best way to GO. shitty for friends/family.
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### Author:  [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2007, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-what-a-terrible-way-to-go/26152/8 "2007-03-20T10:34:58Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2007, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-what-a-terrible-way-to-go/26152/9 "2007-03-20T11:00:29Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2007, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-what-a-terrible-way-to-go/26152/10 "2007-03-20T11:08:39Z")
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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### Author:  [@skatanic28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/skatanic28)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2007, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-what-a-terrible-way-to-go/26152/11 "2007-03-20T11:27:17Z")
[quote=“BikerFry,post:10,topic:26152"”]
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.
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### Author:  [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2007, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-what-a-terrible-way-to-go/26152/12 "2007-03-20T11:36:37Z")
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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### Author:  [@93dx\_hatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/93dx_hatch)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2007, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-what-a-terrible-way-to-go/26152/13 "2007-03-20T11:37:23Z")
[quote=“BikerFry,post:8,topic:26152"”]
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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### Author:  [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2007, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-what-a-terrible-way-to-go/26152/14 "2007-03-20T11:46:54Z")
[quote=“94wvwglxvr6,post:12,topic:26152"”]
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.
[quote=“93dx–hatch,post:13,topic:26152"”]
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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### Author:  [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-what-a-terrible-way-to-go/26152/15 "2007-03-20T12:56:04Z")
he probably fell and broke his neck or something
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### Author:  [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-what-a-terrible-way-to-go/26152/16 "2007-03-20T14:18:48Z")
[quote=“newman,post:3,topic:26152"”]
i never have much pity when drunk people die.
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what the fuck was he doing in there anyways?