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He pulled up to the drive thru window but wasn’t close enough to reach. So he opened the door to be able to lean closer in, but his car was not in park. While leaning his foot slipped off his break pedal and the car rolled forward with him leaning out an open window. He likely fell, grabbed the steering wheel and yanked it to the left, causing the car to pin him to the wall of the restaurant.
Edit to add: General rule thumb, never open your car door without first putting your car in park!
Well, as the car was likely still in drive, the helper who entered from the passenger side probably tried to pull the wheel to unpin the man from the wall, and was then stuck in a moving vehicle with no way of reaching the breaks. They could’ve strained themselves reach over to free the man, or fell out of the vehicle after they turned the wheel and it started rolling forward again.
Iirc a similar thing happened to a student at some university?
She was not close enough to the parking machine thingy, she opened the door and it killed her. I will try to find tge article later.
Sorry I wasn't sure how much to write in the title, guess I could've worded it differently.
“It appears the deceased opened the door to further reach out the window for payment purposes.” Elliott said. “We’re not sure if the vehicle lurched forward or what happened, but he got pinched between the door frame and the drive thru window counter."
Ah gotcha, yeah it's a weird circumstance, guess that's why they're specifying "freak" accident. Wonder what happened to the employee who also got injured trying to save him.
this is often true. i work in ED—a young restaurant worker was made to come in because she’d accidentally cut her finger. now when i say cut her finger, i mean there was hardly any blood; her skin was barely even broken. the nurse wouldn’t give her a bandaid. which made sense because the doctor literally say her ~5 minutes after she arrived for all of 5 minutes. hopefully something similar was the case for the maccas worker too
I live in the area, and the oc doc is in the hospital, so it doesn’t surprise me in the slightest. Assuming the McDonald’s manager knows what an oc doc is…
A hospital visit under workers comp. One of the few times you can actually get affordable medical care in the USA. If they’re extra lucky, they might be able to throw in some chronic disease that’s plaguing them if it’s the same part of the body that was injured.
I love that the McDonald’s remained open after the incident. All the traumatized crew just get to keep slaving along as if someone hadn’t just died in the drive through. Never change America, you’ve only got a few years left.
A customer had a heart attack on the retail floor in a value village i worked at once, all the staff myself included saw the man die and be wheeled off
No time off, no counselors made available, not even a 5min break by the boss to pause operations. Left the store open through the whole incident
This happens in hospitals and ambulances every single day. We just keep on taking care of the rest of the patients, despite being traumatized by watching humans die in horrible ways. I did this for over 40 years. SO glad to be retired. Some situations I was involved in still haunt me.
What's the appropriate amount of time to close when a customer dies on property? I'm not being snarky or anything just genuinely curious what people's take on it is
My personal take is that it doesn't really matter if it closes, but employees should be offered counselling and a chance to leave if it affected them badly. If the store can't stay open past that, it is what it is.
I had a uncle that was found after a cardiac arrest but, instead of calling a ambulance, made videos of him(for my cousin that lives in my city, while most of my family lives in the countryside) and drove him by themselves. In the wake, this cousin told me and another cousin he thought he was already dead when they found him, while showing said video, and was only pronounced dead in the hospital.
I don’t understand everyone saying “freak accident”. Unless the vehicle malfunctioned, sounds like he just didn’t put the vehicle in park before opening the door. User error, and obviously a bad idea. 🤷🏻♀️
A lot of the people in this sub aren't much brighter than the Darwin award winners. Getting partially out of your car/opening the door while it's in drive is stupid, but the people in this sub are dumb themselves and don't see it that way.
I once made a post in this sub about a guy who followed Google maps off of a bridge that wasn't there and died. My post got removed because they didn't think he did anything stupid...when driving without looking where you're going, or driving too fast for conditions to the point you can't see the river/no bridge is in fact stupid.
I didn’t say anything about qualifying for a Darwin Award, I said it’s not a freak accident. I’ve also never even come close to stepping out of a vehicle that I’m driving while it’s running and actively in “drive”, but maybe that just makes me an elite genius? 💪
An accident doesn't mean it's not a Darwin award...in fact, the death is REQUIRED to be unintentional to be a Darwin award (as intentional suicides do not count) so yes, this is a Darwin award.
I don't agree. Rule 5 regarding accidents "The awardee needs to have intentionally done something fantastically stupid".
The way I interpret that is it's got to bring my inner German Schadenfreude out to count. This one just doesn't do it. I'm surprised this death happened, that's not the case with a classic Darwin Award. With which you just *know* that xyz action was insanely stupid and would lead to death.
How is opening your car door and partially getting out of your car while your car is in drive not fantastically stupid? It was certainly stupid and dangerous enough to kill him....and anyone who has a driver's license and knows how a car works should know that it's stupid....so in what way does this violate rule 5? It was clearly stupid and dangerous...literally dangerous enough to end his life. And the fact he was driving means he'd at least have had to obtain a license and know the basic functions of vehicle operation.
Having your car in drive while not being fully in your car is stupid and self inflicted. They made stupid decisions that led to their death. And as far as it being accidental, that part is actually a requirement for a Darwin award, as intentional suicides are excluded.
Yeah this is kind of the final straw for me. Unsubscribing. I realize they tried to justify everything being an external link but this is too much. A standard, generic pic of a McDonald's that vaguely relates to the article is now NSFW???
"The scene was cleared at 12:35 p.m., and the McDonald’s remained open after the incident"
capitalism at it finest. those employees don't need anything but to get back to work.
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I can't even picture how this could have happened to him
He pulled up to the drive thru window but wasn’t close enough to reach. So he opened the door to be able to lean closer in, but his car was not in park. While leaning his foot slipped off his break pedal and the car rolled forward with him leaning out an open window. He likely fell, grabbed the steering wheel and yanked it to the left, causing the car to pin him to the wall of the restaurant.
Edit to add: General rule thumb, never open your car door without first putting your car in park!
Ok now how does someone going through the passenger seat to help get injured, your imagination will become my head canon so make it good!
Well, as the car was likely still in drive, the helper who entered from the passenger side probably tried to pull the wheel to unpin the man from the wall, and was then stuck in a moving vehicle with no way of reaching the breaks. They could’ve strained themselves reach over to free the man, or fell out of the vehicle after they turned the wheel and it started rolling forward again.
Thank you, finally can picture it. RIP.
Iirc a similar thing happened to a student at some university? She was not close enough to the parking machine thingy, she opened the door and it killed her. I will try to find tge article later.
Wait...so he got crushed by his door, right? Like the door shut on him...or?
It's written oddly to me. I can't figure out exactly what they mean.
This is one of those times that the story would benefit from those Taiwanese CG recreations of an event.
Sorry I wasn't sure how much to write in the title, guess I could've worded it differently.
“It appears the deceased opened the door to further reach out the window for payment purposes.” Elliott said. “We’re not sure if the vehicle lurched forward or what happened, but he got pinched between the door frame and the drive thru window counter."
Not you! You're fine. The articles wording is what I was referring to as odd.
Ah gotcha, yeah it's a weird circumstance, guess that's why they're specifying "freak" accident. Wonder what happened to the employee who also got injured trying to save him.
I was confused by that, too.
But I feel like even a small injury they (McDonald's) would force them to go to the hospital for insurance liability reasons.
this is often true. i work in ED—a young restaurant worker was made to come in because she’d accidentally cut her finger. now when i say cut her finger, i mean there was hardly any blood; her skin was barely even broken. the nurse wouldn’t give her a bandaid. which made sense because the doctor literally say her ~5 minutes after she arrived for all of 5 minutes. hopefully something similar was the case for the maccas worker too
I live in the area, and the oc doc is in the hospital, so it doesn’t surprise me in the slightest. Assuming the McDonald’s manager knows what an oc doc is…
This is why we need a McDoctor.
Funniest joke ever told. Funniest joke that ever will be told. We can put a cap on comedy as a whole. It's all downhill from here.
You should have left the joke as is. You ruined it for me
That's fine
A hospital visit under workers comp. One of the few times you can actually get affordable medical care in the USA. If they’re extra lucky, they might be able to throw in some chronic disease that’s plaguing them if it’s the same part of the body that was injured.
I love that the McDonald’s remained open after the incident. All the traumatized crew just get to keep slaving along as if someone hadn’t just died in the drive through. Never change America, you’ve only got a few years left.
A customer had a heart attack on the retail floor in a value village i worked at once, all the staff myself included saw the man die and be wheeled off
No time off, no counselors made available, not even a 5min break by the boss to pause operations. Left the store open through the whole incident
And yet we’re to be shocked by something that happens to a CEO.
Well yeah, won’t someone please think of the main shareholders???
How can they afford the newest yachts and summer mansions if people keep getting rid of the CEOs and the stock prices plunge??
This happened twice at my job in the last 6 months lmao
This happens in hospitals and ambulances every single day. We just keep on taking care of the rest of the patients, despite being traumatized by watching humans die in horrible ways. I did this for over 40 years. SO glad to be retired. Some situations I was involved in still haunt me.
What's the appropriate amount of time to close when a customer dies on property? I'm not being snarky or anything just genuinely curious what people's take on it is
Rest of the day seems fair
Hospitals don't close when their customers die.
My personal take is that it doesn't really matter if it closes, but employees should be offered counselling and a chance to leave if it affected them badly. If the store can't stay open past that, it is what it is.
Another indicator of our death spiral. I'm so glad I didn't have kids. They don't deserve to be in this place.
Technically he died in the hospital.
He was already dead.
Being pronounced dead outside of places like a hospital usually only happens if the deceased has injuries "incompatible with life".
I wouldn't recommend googling images of that term if you recently ate.
I had a uncle that was found after a cardiac arrest but, instead of calling a ambulance, made videos of him(for my cousin that lives in my city, while most of my family lives in the countryside) and drove him by themselves. In the wake, this cousin told me and another cousin he thought he was already dead when they found him, while showing said video, and was only pronounced dead in the hospital.
The finish is in sight. We're WINNING!
McDarwinAward
Bingo!
"and the McDonald’s remained open after the incident." of course it did
I don’t understand everyone saying “freak accident”. Unless the vehicle malfunctioned, sounds like he just didn’t put the vehicle in park before opening the door. User error, and obviously a bad idea. 🤷🏻♀️
Honestly was how I understood it happened. "Freak accident" is just deflecting from the victim's culpability.
A lot of the people in this sub aren't much brighter than the Darwin award winners. Getting partially out of your car/opening the door while it's in drive is stupid, but the people in this sub are dumb themselves and don't see it that way.
I once made a post in this sub about a guy who followed Google maps off of a bridge that wasn't there and died. My post got removed because they didn't think he did anything stupid...when driving without looking where you're going, or driving too fast for conditions to the point you can't see the river/no bridge is in fact stupid.
WOW, it’s almost shocking people that dumb survive long enough to continue being dumb.
A simple mistake doesn't qualify you for a Darwin.
I didn’t say anything about qualifying for a Darwin Award, I said it’s not a freak accident. I’ve also never even come close to stepping out of a vehicle that I’m driving while it’s running and actively in “drive”, but maybe that just makes me an elite genius? 💪
I don't let people in or out of my car unless it is in park with the E brake on
A McDarwin without cheese please.
So it’s NSFW, but I have no idea what happened? I did see a crappy commercial for a local car dealership so there’s that?
This subreddit is going into the crapper.
Already in the capper, just swirling water now...
Poor guy. But I bet they still got his fucking order wrong.
Puts "Dying for a Big Mac" in a new light
Other than that, is the ice cream machine okay?
"100% freak accident", that's no Darwin award. It's a tragedy, not something to make fun of the victim.
An accident doesn't mean it's not a Darwin award...in fact, the death is REQUIRED to be unintentional to be a Darwin award (as intentional suicides do not count) so yes, this is a Darwin award.
I don't agree. Rule 5 regarding accidents "The awardee needs to have intentionally done something fantastically stupid".
The way I interpret that is it's got to bring my inner German Schadenfreude out to count. This one just doesn't do it. I'm surprised this death happened, that's not the case with a classic Darwin Award. With which you just *know* that xyz action was insanely stupid and would lead to death.
How is opening your car door and partially getting out of your car while your car is in drive not fantastically stupid? It was certainly stupid and dangerous enough to kill him....and anyone who has a driver's license and knows how a car works should know that it's stupid....so in what way does this violate rule 5? It was clearly stupid and dangerous...literally dangerous enough to end his life. And the fact he was driving means he'd at least have had to obtain a license and know the basic functions of vehicle operation.
He didn't put the car in park before partially exiting. It's a Darwin award.
Sorry but if you somehow manage to get yourself killed while paying in a McDonald’s drive through, that is 100% a Darwin Award and a skill issue
That’s like two hours away from me
Was he that desperate for a big Mac?
He may have forgotten to put the vehicle in Park, and while reaching through his foot came off the brake??
Do you know what they call a quarter pounder with Darwin in France?
Now this is real Darwin Award shit.
Downvote me if you want but i don’t feel this is a Darwin award, this wasn’t something colossally stupid or self inflicted, it was a freak accident
He didn't put the car in park before partially exiting. It's a Darwin award.
He was 69 years old.. most likely already reproduced. No Darwin award here, just one last stupid mistake.
You're probably right
Having your car in drive while not being fully in your car is stupid and self inflicted. They made stupid decisions that led to their death. And as far as it being accidental, that part is actually a requirement for a Darwin award, as intentional suicides are excluded.
Evidence fast food isn’t healthy.
I was expecting a cool site with pics, not a new article 😭
Very informative though, thank you
Yeah this is kind of the final straw for me. Unsubscribing. I realize they tried to justify everything being an external link but this is too much. A standard, generic pic of a McDonald's that vaguely relates to the article is now NSFW???
Everything is marked nsfw by automod due to sitewide guidelines as is the whole external hosting thing.
Additionally, r/Darwinawards has never been a strictly gore subreddit.
Those are some frumpy reporters
I bet he thought McDonald’s was gonna get him a different way
"The scene was cleared at 12:35 p.m., and the McDonald’s remained open after the incident" capitalism at it finest. those employees don't need anything but to get back to work.
He didn't die. He just woke up
I don't think this qualifies as a Darwin award. Freak accident
He was 69, he has next of kin. This isn't r/peoplewhohavediedtoday
This was a freak accident though. Not sure this one fits.