A young 20-ish couple, Elena and Carlos, went off to a club to have a night out and a couple of drinks with their friends. A few tequilas down the road, they vanished from the group, deciding they needed some *wink* *nudge* "privacy".

The third story of the club happened to be under construction, and thus, off-limits... but then again, "off-limits" means no people around, right?

They ignored the signs and climbed over to the terrace, finding a nice spot with a view: the terrace's add-on extension.

I can only imagine the dialog would have gone somewhere around the line of "Sure dear, standing half-drunk on an unfinished, flawed, 30-foot high, metal overhang with translucent plastic flooring and no railing sounds pretty safe to me, let's make out!"

After a while, their friends noticed the couple was missing, and as they began to look for them, the club's staff started to evacuate the building, saying there had been an accident.

As they left the building, they saw EMT's with a stretcher, some debris and Elena's body lying on the sidewalk. Carlos and Elena had taken a 30-foot plunge into solid concrete as the metal and polycarbonate structure gave under their combined weights, suffering massive cranial trauma and multiple fractures.

Elena was pronounced dead on the spot and Carlos got a nice ICU vacation, proving common sense is the least common sense, especially when alcohol and hormones are thrown in the mix.

So this is a possible double award, we yet have to see if Carlos remains a quadraplegic due to spinal injuries. As a bonus, they hadn't yet passed on their genes.

Submitted on 10/23/2008

Submitted by: Viktor Schroeder
Reference: www.oem.com.mx/elsoldesanluis/notas/n869138.htm

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
This sounds remarkably similar to a story we got a few months ago where a couple decided to have a little privacy on a sloped roof a few stories up and then were discovered nude (and in the running for a full DA) on the street when they rolled off the roof. In this case, however, they went the extra step by blatantly ignoring the warning signs put up around the construction site. Thanks, Viktor!

Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
I agree with Bruce! Haven't they ever heard of hotel rooms? Thanks for the personal viewpoint and a good write-up, Viktor, and submit again!

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