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Fatal Ski Slope Prank

2008 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

His wife called David Monk, 46, "the best dad in the world" to their two sons. David died from severe head and chest injuries, after he and two friends dismantled the protective matting from a safety barrier at the Italian resort of Sauze d'Oulx, west of Turin and used it to toboggan down the beginners ski slope. They careered straight into the barriers that they had stripped of the protective matting, killing David and seriously injuring one of the other two. The third required medical attention. David had been on holiday alone, leaving his wife to run their business. A spokesman for the Alpine Rescue Service said, "it was an act of suicide. These mats are made of plastic and gather speed frighteningly quickly without any way of being stopped. He hit the barrier at the exactly the spot where the crash mat had been stripped from". Police said that all three men had been drinking. Speaking from their home, Mrs.Monk said, "They were just having fun. He wouldn't have thought he was taking any risks. He wouldn't have done anything that he thought was dangerous".

Submitted on 02/28/2008

Submitted by: Keith Armstrong
Reference: Daily Telegraph.Page 15, Feb.5 2008.

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James said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
We already have this story well-documented, but the last line (a quote from the victim's widow which, IMO, cements the DA nomination) is priceless, and may make a nice addition to any final award this incident may get! I'm passing this on to Darwin!


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
I'll go with James on this. That last quote is worth passing on to Darwin. Thanks, Keith.


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