Go kart freak accident
 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...Hong-Kong.html

Apparently her scarf got caught in the motor and she was strangled to death. Doesn't it take several minutes to strangle someone to death? I figured some safety personnel would have gotten her out by then...

my friend who gradded from the same international school just told me about this yesterday......

RIP... what a sad way to die. so young

hmm i wonder if apple daily will make anime out of this

^^ We all know the answer to that, unfortunately

w0w thats brutal

that's partial fault on the attendants. Who in their right minds would let someone on with a scarf, it's stupid. Even long hair had to be tied let alone a scarf...

freak accident

nah, the strangling force is not from her own body weight (hanging) plus she might be struggling so that means her brain is using more oxygen for those action, meaning she suffocates faster, goes unconscious probably after 10 - 15 second, and maybe 10 more second then she dies?

and the staff there are useless, how the hell can they let her on with a scarf dangling off her neck~...this is just stupid...RIP the little girl

Wow... lousy staff.

Where is the go-kart track in HK? I thought go karting was only in Macau.

Can "drown" in 6sec? (I think is the fastest). This is basically the same thing.

Around Tun Muen.



RIP.

tragic

I've seen this happen a lot, but much less fatal.

As the kart continues to to travel forward the scarf will get tighter and tighter. Even after she lifts off the gas the momentum of the kart will start increasing in tightness until she finally stops.

Its very hard to catch these things depending on situation, They usually have their scarfs tucked into their jackets etc making it look harmless to the staff. But as vibrations and bumps occur it will rattle loose.

Anyways, I will be showing this to my staff. We already have signs placed up everywhere and I hope we will never have to deal with a problem even close to this.

wow..that sucks...we all know not to wear a scarf while go-karting now

hey when we gokart in canada, do we have to sign waiver forms where they say their not responsible if anything happens n shit?
or can i send my wife gokarting with her nice new scarf

that's just horrible... i remember something similar, but it involved a passenger on the back of a motorcycle and her scarf got tangled in the rear wheel spokes :(

The staff should have told her that, I remember girls with long hair had to tie them up as well for safety.

yes we do, so send her on her way. ;)

+1

remind me of the Final destination movie series ...