NC man drinks gasoline from jar, lights up, dies

[shanti]

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

[Broderick]

1. ouch

what a way to go

[krispos42]

2. "Fabulous liqueur"

[rox63]

3. Darwin award nominee for sure n/t

[madinmaryland]

6. +1

[Javaman]

4. Okay, I actually read the article. LOL

I guess he didn't know it's the fumes that ignite, not the liquid.

[shanti]

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]

7. I know, just the smell would be enough, but like I always say...

people are stupid.