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Gas and Cigarettes

2007 Reader Submission
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Hello, this story just happened yesterday at an Icelandic rock festival "Eistnaflug". This guy was sniffing gas inside a car and apparently the ventilation was poor so a good amount of gas had accumulated inside the car.

When he has had his fill of gas, he obviously feels the need of lighting up a cigarette.... Needless to say, his head and arms catch fire and he is rushed by helicopter to the nearest hospital.

He did not die so I guess this is a near miss :)

The following link is to the paper covering the story on the front page and has a picture of him all bandaged up.

http://vefblod.visir.is/index.php?netpaper=369

Submitted on 07/13/2007

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: Frettabladid 13th of july 2007

Copyright © 2007 DarwinAwards.com

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
That's a pretty funny looking picture of him all bandaged up and wearing those yellow ear protectors for the helicopter ride. I bet the helicopter ride wasn't the kind of "high" he was hoping for. Thanks for sending this in.


James said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
He seems to be waving to the crowd as if what he did was..."awesome"! Well, it was plain stupid! He did it to himself (unlike the New Zealand incident where a bystander was killed as a result), so he gets an HM!


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