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Young Adults Blockade A Rolling Truck

A group of 18-year-olds from Tangerang, Indonesia decided to jump in front of a truck to try and stop the truck for social media content. One of them got run over and died while another injured.

Wendy says: "This young DA Nominee shall forevermore be remembered as a pixellated blur because at the moment of her death on June 4, 2022 the news video switches to this:
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The woman was seeking to create content when she tried to stop a bus in Indonesia as a friend filmed. It was a maneuver reminiscent of the brave soul who halted a tank in Tiananmen Square in 1989, but without the ethical political statement. Another member of the group—wearing matching outfits!—was injured, surviving to tell the cautionary tale to all with ears to hear, and eyes to see:
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Submitted on 06/04/2022

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news.detik.com/detiktv
English Translation by Google Trans
Submitted by: Damien Jarvo

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
The article says the teen was 18, and also includes a video of the incident (blurred at the critical time), so I'm more than willing to accept this. Thanks, Damien. For the mods: https://bit.ly/3MiLKxm


Tracy said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Definitely a DA story for me - thanks