Steal Steel

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2007 Darwin Award Nominee
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Oh no, not again!

 (28 July 2007, Czech Republic) A pack of thieves attempted to steal and sell "scrap metal" from an abandoned factory in Kladno. Unfortunately for them, they selected the steel girders that supported the factory roof! When the girders were dismantled, the roof proceeded to fall, fatally crushing two of the thieves, and injuring three others.


(21 June 2007, Philippines) Three enterprising individuals tried to make a buck by selling metal to the scrap heap. They entered a former US military complex in Clark, Pampanga, Philippines. Before them stood the prize: an abandoned water tank! Bedazzled by the profit to be made, the three gleefully abandoned logic, and began to cut the metal legs out from under the water tank. Guess where the tank fell? Straight onto the thieves. They have not yet been identified, as their bodies were severely flattened.






Darwin Notes, "Fatal inattention to gravity happens with alarming regularity!"
 
The moral of the story is, dont try and steal power lines when they are live.
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Cape Town - A would-be thief who hacked into a live underground high voltage power cable in Cape Town has died of his burns, the city said on Friday.

It said Stanley Wilson, 54, and an alleged accomplice were rushed to hospital after sustaining severe burns during the incident two weeks ago.

The second man was in a stable condition.

Criminal charges have been laid against him and he would be arrested as soon as he was discharged from hospital.

"The City of Cape Town sympathises with the bereaved family," said councillor Pieter van Dalen, who leads the city's non-ferrous metal theft task team, nicknamed the Copperheads.

"This latest tragedy is a sober warning for the community to act against the theft of copper cable, manhole covers and street light fittings."
 
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