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Related: About this forumNC man drinks gasoline from jar, lights up, dies
HAVELOCK, N.C. -- Police say a North Carolina man is dead after he accidentally drank from a jar of gasoline and then smoked a cigarette.
Havelock police received a 911 call about 9:55 p.m. Monday after 43-year-old Gary Allen Banning set himself on fire. Banning was transported to UNC Burn Center in Chapel Hill, where he died early Tuesday morning.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/28/4298404/nc-man-drinks-gasoline-from-jar.html#storylink=omni_popular#storylink=cpy
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NC man drinks gasoline from jar, lights up, dies (Original Post)
shanti
Feb 2012
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what a way to go
krispos42
(49,445 posts)2. "Fabulous liqueur"
rox63
(9,464 posts)3. Darwin award nominee for sure n/t
Javaman
(62,497 posts)4. Okay, I actually read the article. LOL
I guess he didn't know it's the fumes that ignite, not the liquid.
shanti
(21,675 posts)5. but how does one not know
they are drinking a "glass" of gas??? who has a glass of gas on their kitchen counter?? it boggles the mind!
Javaman
(62,497 posts)7. I know, just the smell would be enough, but like I always say...
people are stupid.