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Propeller Blindness

2014 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

A woman has died from injuries suffered when she walked into a spinning airplane propeller.

Sarah Rhoads, an employee at Start Skydiving, was flown to hospital in Dayton, Ohio, after the accident on Sunday.

The 24-year-old had ventured close to the parked twin-engine aircraft to speak to the pilot before she inadvertently walked into the propeller.

John Hart, the owner of Start Skydiving, tells Sky News that it is often difficult to see fast-spinning propeller blades.

He said Ms Rhoads had been working for the company as an office manager for three years.

"Sarah was a vibrant, beautiful young woman," Mr Hart said.

"She was the base of Start Skydiving. She was the first person clients met on the way in and the last person they saw on the way out.

"The light will be a little a dimmer in our office."

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the accident.

Mr Hart said an annual Labor Day event at Middletown Regional Airport will be renamed in honour of Ms Rhoads.

Winners must meet the following criteria:

Reproduction Out of the gene pool: dead or sterile. Yep Excellence Astounding misapplication of judgment. Yep Self-Selection Cause one's own demise. Yep Maturity Capable of sound judgment. Yep Veracity The event must be true. Yep

Seems like a contender to me.

Cruel Yep But then Life is Cruel.

Submitted on 06/04/2014

Submitted by: Mike Oakes
Reference: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/woman-dies-walking-propeller-blades-185314082.html#0Iz9hJb

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>> Moderator Scores <<

Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
Thanks, Mike, but this sort of accident is somewhat commonplace. Here are just a few similar stories from our archives: http://darwinawards.com/reject/201203/pending20120327-142220.html http://darwinawards.com/reject/201108/pending20110822-155232.html


Candi said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
What Bruce said.


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