Wendy says, "Added to the Archive. THANK YOU for re-submitting this event from February 2012. Submitted thirty times!"

HAVELOCK, N.C. - A North Carolina man is dead after he accidentally drank a jar of gasoline and then smoked a cigarette. Havelock police said 43-year-old Gary Allen Banning died this morning after he accidentally set himself on fire Monday. He was at a friend's apartment where he mistakenly took a gulp of gasoline from a jar by the kitchen sink.

Banning apparently wasn't aware gasoline was in the jar which he thought was a beverage.

After he took a gulp, he spit the gasoline out of his mouth which landed on his clothes. Sometime later, investigators said Banning went outside to smoke a cigarette and that's when his clothes burst into flames. Police and fire officials are continuing their investigation into Banning's death.

http://www.wbrz.com/news/man-bursts-into-flames-after-drinking-gasoline/

Submitted on 12/20/2012

Submitted by: Jeffrey Brown
Reference: WBRZ Louisiana, 2/28/12

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Although we get a lot of stories involving idiocy with flammable liquids I don't think we've had one quite like this, at least not for quite some time, so I'm willing to accept it. Thanks, Jeffrey!

Shadow said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
i agree with bruce, he didnt bother to try and smell the stuff first, had he only changed shirts!

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