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Self-disposal

2007 Reader Submission
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Darwin says, "Thanks for the submission, but I don't know... his car was just sitting there. In what way had the crushing process already begun? I am not sure he realized the pincers were imminent."
A 24-year-old man has been crushed to death by a mechanical claw while in a van at a Hampshire scrapyard.

He died minutes after the accident at James Huntley & Sons Scrap Metal and Merchants, in Sholing, Southampton, on Thursday morning. Hampshire Constabulary and the Health and Safety Executive have launched a joint investigation and will prepare a report for the coroner.

A criminal investigation into the death is not being carried out.

The man, who has not yet been named, had taken a vehicle to the site to be scrapped. It is believed he then returned to get something from a van after the crushing process began. A crane with pincers designed to break vehicles picked up the van and crushed it before he could get out.

The emergency services were called to the site at 1100 BST on Thursday.

Family and friends have been leaving floral tributes at the scrapyard since the accident.

Submitted on 08/03/2007

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/6930286.stm Aug 2nd 2007

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
He went back AFTER the crushing process had started? Sorry, but I can't think of anything I'd leave in my car that would be worth that sort of a risk. Thanks for sending this in!


James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
There's a syrupy old song ("Teen Angel") about a girl who goes back to a car stalled on a railroad crossing to get her boyfriend's high school ring as a speeding train approaches, with predictable results. This rather reminds me of that song, only without all the corn syrup! How stupid!


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