Old 06-07-12 | 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by grolby
I remember that too, though it was more like four years ago. As I recall, it did NOT end well - the victim ultimately died from his injuries.

That's definitely a manufacturing defect, of course, and that's not how these things usually go. A major tragedy.
That was obviously a huge tragedy.

The fortunate thing is that it's the one incident that everybody here remembers. And we remember it not only because of the tragedy, but because how rare it is.
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