Charles Darwin's Darwin Awards 
HOME
Darwin Awards
At-Risk Survivors
Slush Pile
2010 April Slush
.Died Trying to Weld A ..
Elevator goes down easily
Ironic Road Rage
Attempts of PCE to Gain Award
Death or TV
Glide or Die
A Patio too far
Bullet testing
Football fan gets off moving coach
Watch This Space
texting biker
Deputy killed by train was drunk
Man killed in wheelie bin crash
Petrol-soaked woman lights up after
Student seriously burned in ragging
Smokin' Hot Mascara
Fishing for Snakes
Man shoots at propane tank. Propane
Man vs. Wild. Wild -1 Man -0
Man killed by merry-go-round
Death at a Funeral
Oil Storage Explosion
Handy Man?
crocadile stalker
Student dies after party bus ride
Muslim woman strangled by her burkh
Two Las Vegans die at Zion
Not a bright spark
Power Thief
Another fried thief story
'Metal thief' electric shock at Thu
Older Slush 
 
~ Random Story ~
Email Alert!
NEW! Gift Shop
Rules  Search
Contact Darwin
Submit a Story
Philosophy Forum
Home

  

Darwin Awards
2010 Slush Pile

This item was recently submitted by a reader.
Should I include it in the archive?
Vote to tell me what *you* think!

Glide or Die

2010 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/04/26/quebec-handglider-accident.html

A man from Quebec is dead after an incident involving a hang-glider. He decided to tether his mechanized hang-glider to his truck, and steer it while in the air. According to police, while he was about 30 metres in the air (90 feet), the glider suddenly nose-dived and hit the ground. As aptly described by Luc Robillard, the Montreal fire operations chief, "he just fell down on himself".

Perhaps he would have been better off flying his glider off a cliff...

Submitted on 04/26/2010

Submitted by: Mik Lavigne
Reference: CBC News, April 26th 2010

Copyright © 2010 DarwinAwards.com

Great? 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Awful?
Love it! Hate it!
>> Moderator Scores <<

Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
What was he thinking!?! Idiot. The multiple physics involved would have to be very carefully calculated. Otherwise a crash is highly predictable! Thanks, Mik, and submit again!


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
That's some ingenious idiocy right there. Thanks, Mik!


The Darwin Awards Gift Shop

The Darwin Awards Condom

Keep yourself out of the gene pool!
A condom in a matchbook, useful for emergency contraception, bachelor parties, frat parties, and important rites of passage. LOADED inside and out with funny quotes and stories. Everyone loves this item!
Friends don't let friends reproduce!
$13 for Pack of 4

 

 

Slush Pile
Slush Pile Rejects

HomeRulesFAQsAwardsSlushSite Map
DarwinAward | HonorableMention | PersonalAccount | UrbanLegend