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Death By Waterslide

A man snuck into a water park after hours and climbed down into and subsequently got lodged in a pipe where he screamed for help for hours but officers were unable to extract him in a timely fashion.

Submitted on 08/17/2020

Submitted by: Eileen
Reference: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-32-dies-after-getting-trapped-inside-water-slide-pipe-n1237

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
After reading the article it sounds like he got stuck in a support structure and not one of the slides itself. Whether intentional or not, the whole idea of breaking into a water park that's likely closed down due to the pandemic simply doesn't sound like a good idea to me. Thanks, Eileen! For the mods: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-32-dies-after-getting-trapped-inside-water-slide-pipe-n1237003


Tracy said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Thanks Eileen - sounds like a potential DA to me!