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Unintentional suicide

A city guard broke his neck and died trying to open the gate of his house and get stuck with it.

Police are working on the hypothesis that the man hung at the gate to try to open it from the outside. According to the municipality's public security secretary, Márcio Galo, locals who passed by surprised the time when he was in the same position.

"Everything indicates that he tried to open the gate, was drunk and was caught, could not detach himself and ended up dying," said the secretary. After being investigated, the body was taken to the Medical Legal Institute (IML) of Araruama.

Submitted on 03/12/2018

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: https://goo.gl/1x7Tvp 03/11/2018


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Candi said:
Definitely Toss: No Self-Selection
Sorry, but this sounds like an accident more than anything. Thanks anyway.


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
After seeing the photograph included with the article I think it's worth passing this on to Darwin to see what she thinks. How on earth do you get hopelessly stuck and end up breaking your neck on that doorway?


James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Again, this one's just a bit iffy (can't tell if the photo is real or staged), but assuming it's real, that's pretty damn stupid. Hell, I'd be screaming bloody murder! Anyway, he somehow got his head in but clearly couldn't get it out...!