Pending Review
DONE: must remove
Ms Darwin says: "Darwin
Awards corrects errors and evolves. The Rules for the Darwin Awards
emerged over time, due to reader discussion and feedback like
this Sanity Check by Concerned Citizen: A story in
the archive has been called out as breaking the rules. It is
definitely a reject, and I have disqualified it. The
details are below.
The event happened in 1996. 26 years ago!! Dang,
darwinawards.com is prehistoric. I
mean classic. Coming soon--those CROWDSOURCED RULES pages shall
updated--OMG index.html last updated Jan 2, 2010 ??!
ORIGINAL SUBMISSION:
"OK so prior to this event, there had been a shocking tragic death of this story has two children who die from their parents stupidity, breaking all rules.
https://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1996-06.html
"Phillips; his wife, Angie; and their three children Courtney, 4; Meleana, 1; and Kinsleigh, 4 months, all drowned. Also killed were the children’s 3-year-old playmate Austin Dakota Roodvoets, and Carl Sidney White, 29, a family friend who dived into the lake with Mrs. Phillips to try and rescue them.
The group went to the lake Saturday night to see the monuments to the two Smith boys, who were strapped into their seats when Ms. Smith rolled her car down the boat ramp into the lake in October 1994.
But unlike the distraught Ms. Smith, who lied about her boys’ disappearance for nine days before confessing, friends and relatives say there was no hint of discord in the Phillips family.
The vehicle, with Phillips and the four children still inside, rolled into the lake lake after Mrs. Phillips got out, along with White and his girlfriend, Sonya Phillip, and her two daughters."
https://apnews.com/article/c14508d3d1db082f803fa0ccfd47ebf8
Submitted on 04/19/2022