Man dies after accidentally drinking gasoline from salsa jar then lighting cigarette

[Mike_D202]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sidesho...inking-gasoline-salsa-jar-then-224208413.html

A 43-year-old man in North Carolina died Tuesday after drinking gasoline and lighting a cigarette, police there say.

Gary Allen Banning of Havelock, N.C., was taken to a local hospital late Monday after police responded to a 911 call from a resident reporting an apartment fire. Banning was transported to the University of North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center in Chapel Hill where he died early Tuesday. He had suffered severe burns.

According to police, Banning accidentally drank from a salsa jar containing gasoline at a friend's apartment, spitting it out and getting it on his clothes. He later lit the cigarette that ignited his clothes.

"It was just a freak incident," said W.K. Preslar, an investigator with the Havelock Police Department, told the Shelby Star newspaper.

Preslar said Banning's friend was a mechanic and used gasoline to remove grease from his hands. The carpet where Banning was standing was "charred," Preslar added.

Police do not suspect any foul play, but are awaiting toxicology results before concluding their investigation.

 

[bullets]

What kind of freak drinks from a salsa jar.

 

[THE MR. TERRIFIC]

This will be on 1000 Ways to Die!

 

[POWdER-man]

What kind of freak drinks from a salsa jar and can't decipher the difference between it and gasoline by smell or sight .

Yeah the whole situation reeks of illegal substances.


"Banning you just drank a mouthful of gasoline what are you going to do now?....I'm going to chase it down with a cigarette!"

 

[Lily Adler]

I'm sorry but this is both WTF and LOL worthy.

 

[Duke]

This is the kind of stunt they'd try on Jackass or perhaps on Beavis & Butthead.

 

[Schlosser85]

So many questions.

Why did his friend have gasoline in a salsa jar?

Banning just drinks salsa out of jars?

Banning couldn't tell the difference between salsa and gasoline by the look or smell of it?

After spitting gasoline all over himself, it didn't occur to him that maybe it wasn't a good idea to light a cigarette?

These guys were stoned, or something, I'm guessing.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Darwin wins.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

This is just...

I don't even...

 

[chamber-music]

What a way to go!

 

[RockSP]

What kind of freak drinks from a salsa jar.

So many questions.


Banning just drinks salsa out of jars?

Well just because the jar once contained salsa, doesn't mean that's what he thought he was drinking

Banning couldn't tell the difference between salsa and gasoline by the look or smell of it?

Yeah, that is pretty unexplainable, no matter what was supposed to be in the jar...

 

[enterthemadness]

...I live in HAVELOCK, and this is the first I've heard about this...



And no, I don't drink gasoline...

 

[terry78]

Didn't Bugs Bunny do this to Yosemite Sam once?

 

[amazingfantasy15]

So many questions.

Why did his friend have gasoline in a salsa jar?

Banning just drinks salsa out of jars?

Banning couldn't tell the difference between salsa and gasoline by the look or smell of it?

After spitting gasoline all over himself, it didn't occur to him that maybe it wasn't a good idea to light a cigarette?

These guys were stoned, or something, I'm guessing.

Or he was just a dumb country redneck.

 

[Lasirius]

Should I feel bad for this guy?

 

[Kurosawa]

Yay for making NC look exrta smrt.

 

[chaseter]

The brightest flame burns the fastest...with gas!

 

[lordofthenerds]

This will be on 1000 Ways to Die!

Only on the show he'll also be a serial killer obsessed with necrophilia.

 

[KingMob]

Damn Mexicans.

 

[Karelia]

So many questions.

Why did his friend have gasoline in a salsa jar?

Preslar said Banning's friend was a mechanic and used gasoline to remove grease from his hands. The carpet where Banning was standing was "charred," Preslar added

Still... This dude had to be stoned or something.

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

hahahahaha

 

[SpaceWay2009]

Wow, that's a terrible way to die. SMH

 

[Quasimod0]

Whoah. I amlost feel bad for laughing

 

[Gotham Knight]

I wish the best for his family.

But seriously, what the **** is funny about this? What the heck is even slightly amusing about this? Either a lot of the posters on this board try to hard to be edgy and cool, or they're just sick in the head.

A smiley face at the end of the OP? Seriously?

 

[bullets]

Sometimes you just have to laugh at the ridiculousness of the situation. Otherwise you'll drive yourself crazy.