Charles Darwin's Darwin Awards 
HOME
Darwin Awards
At-Risk Survivors
Slush Pile
2010 November Rejects
Blaze started as man was trying to
Australia
Man's deadly birthday dive
Second Dive of Balcony is trouble
Gun Light!
Dive, dive... oops!
Oil Drum Explosion
Burglar stuck in window upon return
Segway boss Jimi Heselden dies in s
Pittsburgh woman charged with setti
Let me try that one more time.
Man claims to be bullet proof, gets
Barbecue
He missed the gene pool altogether
Didn't Miss By Much!
Man killed diving from balcony into
Birthday death dive on Gold Coast
He didn't miss it by much
Diver Beware
Birthday Pool Death
Man dead after diving off high rise
Birthday death dive on Gold Coast
Birthday Dope's Death Dive
Birthday Death Dive
Pool Dive Not a Cool Dive
Man killed diving from balcony into
Birthday dive
Birthday Death Dive
Birthday death dive
High Dive Into Oblivion
Man dead after diving off high rise
Balconey diver
Birthday Bash
Balcony pool Dive
Man dead after diving off balcony
High Rise Dive
Trying to beat the train (on foot).
Search for Love DRUNK
Deadly Plane Ride
Stab Proof Vest Failure
Police: Vermont man killed in gun p
Hungry Hungry Bear
Half escape
Lie on health declaration
A crushing negligence
Woman Run over by her own car. Twic
Dopey Detlef has car crushed
A Holiday Squeeze
High Rate of Stupidity
Run over by her own car
Last Motorcycle Stunt
Kamera hielt Todessturz fest
Pipi Unfall
Dumb Drunk Drives into Drink
beekeeper stung by his own shotgun
Person peeking from a bus sunroof
Spray paint can in oven explodes, r
'Possibly insane' man who tried to
Joke leads to drowning
Drunk Stabs Himself
Drugs. Don't do them.
Electrified in his bath by laptop
Bridge swing
How not to impress a Police Officer
MAN IN BREATHALYZER COSTUME ARRESTE
MAN RUNS OVER HIMSELF
Electric shock in bath with a Lapto
woman killed before reproducing
MAN KILLS SELF WITH OWN BOOBY TRAP
Crocodile Causes Plane to Crash
Car strikes, kills Painted Post wom
FYI
When at First You Don't Succeed
Fatal Accident in Jackson County
Robber Falls on Knife
Absent minded idiot
Man dies in night-time bridge swing
Bungee jump in home-made harness
Historical Darwin Awards
Hitting the Jackpot
Man dies from caffeine
Possessed gets a town crasy
dared to die
Ghost Train
Another choking game victim
Impatience Kills
Warning Signs
A PLACE TO WEE
Sharted
Man dies at LA Country club trying
Man shoots self in Groin
Darwin Grand Slam Drownings
Man crushed to death between car an
No a Great Escape
Impatient Pedestrian
Man dies from caffeine overdose
Second Time, Second Train
Party Popper / Party Pooper
T.O. man dead after head crushed be
T.O. man dead after head crushed be
Man with Expolsives
Crushed by laziness
Man dies after a prank involving an
Man Dies Of Caffeine Overdose
Man Dies After Ingesting Enough Caf
Man Meets Pole
illegal death race
I don't need to call a locksmith
Multitasking While Driving
Target Practice
Teens killed by train
Perhaps told to "Knock it off!"?
Daredevil teen dies in power pole p
caffiene & idiots don't mix
Quebec man killed by own booby trap
Quebec man killed by own booby trap
Man dies from caffeine overdose
Deadly Train Graffiti
Dugs are bad, legal or not
More Caffeine!!!
Man mauled to death by 3 lions at A
Man mauled to death by 3 lions
Bannister Fail
Because its there
Lions devour man for Breakfast
Man looks on as lions savage friend
Fouad, the fastest car crasher
Older Rejects 
 
~ Random Story ~
Email Alert!
NEW! Gift Shop
Rules  Search
Contact Darwin
Submit a Story
Philosophy Forum
Home

  

Darwin Awards
2010 Slush Pile

This item was recently submitted by a reader.
Should I include it in the archive?
Vote to tell me what *you* think!

Man dies in night-time bridge swing

2010 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Man dies in home-made bungee stunt

Rope either snapped or unhooked

Men drinking but not excessively - police

A THRILLSEEKER died while trying to swing from a 40m-high bridge in a home-made harness at night.

Mitchell Kelly, 24, flipped upside down and smashed his head on a rock after plunging down to the bed of a dry river.

Friends said the rope broke or became unhooked, the Northern Territory News reported.

Mr Kelly's friends desperately tried to revive him.

But St John's Ambulance Operations Manager Kevin Blake said the tradesman was dead when ambulance officers arrived.

"There were quite a few people gathered around and they were very distressed," he said.

Mr Kelly and about 11 friends were swinging from the Geoff Moss Bridge over the Charles River, 5km north of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, with a rope and a homemade harness when the tragedy happened on Saturday evening.

Police said the men were drinking but not excessively.

Several people had jumped from the bridge without mishap when Mr Kelly took his turn.

One of Mr Kelly's good mates, Luke Barrett, 21, said "bridge swinging" was dangerous but "got your adrenalin going".

He said the rope either snapped or unhooked.

"The idea is to jump off the bridge and swing underneath. When the swinging stops, you unhook yourself and climb down."

Mr Kelly had many friends in Alice. "He was the class clown among us - a good bloke, a genuine bloke," Mr Barrett said.

Town and Country pub barmaid Ali Abala, 21, said: "He was always happy. He always had a smile on his face.

"This is very tragic."

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/national/man-dies-in-night-time-bridge-stunt/story-e6frfkvr-1225953561533#ixzz15K6yuK5G

Submitted on 11/14/2010

Submitted by: Adrian
Reference: Northern Territory News, November 15, 2010 7:16AM

Copyright © 2010 DarwinAwards.com

>> Moderator Scores <<

Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Repeat
Thanks, Adrian, but we just received another submission of this story.


James said:
Definitely Toss: Repeat
As Bruce said!


The Darwin Awards Gift Shop

The Darwin Awards Condom

Keep yourself out of the gene pool!
A condom in a matchbook, useful for emergency contraception, bachelor parties, frat parties, and important rites of passage. LOADED inside and out with funny quotes and stories. Everyone loves this item!
Friends don't let friends reproduce!
$13 for Pack of 4

 

 

Slush Pile
Slush Pile Rejects

HomeRulesFAQsAwardsSlushSite Map
DarwinAward | HonorableMention | PersonalAccount | UrbanLegend