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Don't Overinflate the tire!

2009 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

I hope this might make an honorable mention:

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/truck_driver_from_adams_killed.html

MANNSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) -- State police say an overinflated tractor-trailer tire exploded off its rim, killing a 37-year-old upstate New York man.

Michael Rabetoy of Adams was adding more air to the newly inflated tire he was putting on his milk tanker when it blew of the rim just before 11 a.m. Tuesday.

Troopers say Rabetoy was hit on the head by the tire, which flew 16 feet in the air and hit the ceiling at the M&T Transport garage in Mannsville.

He died late Tuesday night at University Hospital in Syracuse. Mannsville is 45 miles north of Syracuse in Jefferson County.

Submitted on 05/06/2009

Submitted by: Grant deBruin
Reference: Associated Press 5/6/09

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>> Moderator Scores <<

James said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
Obviously, there is a limit on the amount of pressure per square inch a tire can handle before bursting, but in this case it is very unclear as to whether or not the victim was even aware that the tire was "newly inflated". In the end, this sounds like a very unfortunate accident, and isn't amusing enough to accept even if it wasn't. That said, we DO appreciate your submission, Grant, and encourage you to do so again!


Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Not Amusing
What James said. There's no indication here that the accident was triggered by blatant stupidity or possibly something like a manufacturing defect in the tire. Thanks just the same.


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