re: Most disturbing way someone you know died

I've been acquaintances with 14 people that have committed suicide, albeit to different degrees. My aunt was t-boned by a drunk driver who ran a red light in a dump truck, she was in a chevette(this was in the 80's). My grandparents, her parents, were 60 miles away visiting us when it happened. Neither of my grandparents ever recovered from knowing she died alone. My step sister was in a trailer fire and was trapped in a rear bathroom equipped with only a small window. She filled up the bathtub with water and got in to get away from the flames - to no avail. I had an employee that loved his Hayabusa(crotch rocket). He was safe, wore a helmet, but was hit head on by a drunk driver which caused him to go head first through the windshield decapitating him.

Guy I went to HS with killed himself. Another guy I went to school with got killed when his car broke down. On the side of the road, jacked up the car, crawled under to try to fix it, some SOB ran into the car.

The most disturbing...I think he just died recently after many years in care. He was severely burned over 95% of his body, lost his eyes, ears, nose hands and was severely disfigured. He was married and had 2 young kids when the accident happened. Weeks later when the wife saw him without bandages, she told him she couldn't be with him like this, didn't want their kids to seem him like this and she was divorcing him. He was screaming so bad when his wife walked out that he wanted to die that it seriously fricked up some of the caretakers, several sought out counseling after and I think at at least 1 quit because it was too much.

ER Nurse checking in.


Took care of (she died) a girl who was the "ped" in an "auto/ped accident". An F-150 hit her on the side of the road. He was not drunk and never hit the breaks. She either stumbled or threw herself into the truck. It left both shoes where she was and threw her 30-40 feet.

Her scalp was bleeding. No big shock. But on assessment we saw why. She had 5-6" lacerations over both temples in her hair. Basically the impact was so severe that in nearly scalped her.

driving down choctaw, i think, a lawn service trailer detached from an oncoming truck, and came through his windshield. they found the mike suit in the back seat

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2. The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.) - December 30, 1989

Rhodes' parents, brother file suit for death damages
The parents and brother of the LSU Mike the Tiger mascot who was killed when his car collided with a trailer last July sued two country clubs and their insurers Thursday, claiming employees of the clubs are legally responsible for the accident.The lawsuit was filed against Fairwood Country Club and Baton Rouge Country Club and seeks damages for the death of Jonathan Brent Rhodes, who died on July 27 when the roof of his car was ripped away by a trailer that detatched from a pickup truck on...

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Lightning

One of my best friends from HS had several children by age 36 but his youngest was a 4 year old boy.

On Christmas Eve in 2006, they were having family and friends over for a Christmas party. The grandma and the 4 year olds Aunt decided to take all the kids caroling to homes in the neighborhood. The other adults stayed back at the house. The grandma and aunt took 2 SUVs because there were about 10 kids ranging in age from 4-15.

The very first house they went to the grandma parked in the driveway and the Aunt did also but behind she was behind and to the side of the grandma SUV. The 4 year old had ridden with the Aunt and other kids. After they did the carol , everyone went back to the cars to go to another house. At the last second, the 4 year old decided he wanted to ride with grandma. Aunt said okay go get in her car. As he passed in the front of the aunts car, he was positioned on the grandmas right rear. She backed up and knocked him down and ran over his chest. Everyone in the rear car saw it happen and we're all screaming and crying. So loud and urgent that Grandma heard everyone freaking out and panicked and put the car in forward and ran over him again. They called up to the house only 1/4 mile away where the parents were and they hauled arse down to the scene. He died in his dad's arms before the paramedics arrived.

Sigh.

Mother fricker