People Share The Dumbest Ways People They Knew Passed Away, Here Are The 70 Most Interesting Stories

Coworker d**d tripping on his own dog leash.

By crawling under a house during a freeze to thaw what he thought was the water line with a blowtorch. It was the gas line.

Ran into his yard to catch his cat that ran out the backdoor. Stepped on something. Two weeks later, feeling really bad and going to the hospital and d***g of tetanus infection.

OK, not "dumb" but he was an immigrant and maybe didn't have up to date tetanus vaccination. The situation is dumb, not the guy. All he thought was "dammit, I stepped on some nail or something, slapped a bandaid on it and went on with life, then d**d.

School ended, did a burnout at the school parking lot. Sped onto the country road, lost control and drove into a ditch going like 50-60 mph.

Coworker. Married her boyfriend of 20 years in October of 2020. Big traditional redneck wedding with a buffet. I was one of the few who masked and didn’t eat.

She predictably caught Covid, hospitalized in November, d**d by Thanksgiving. I had a lot of guilt and shame for going in the first place.

Never slowed down in his speed boat no matter how choppy the water was. Took the wrong wave at 80+ MPH, was gone by the time the boat stopped rolling.

The town pool where I grew up is built around a natural spring pond so even off season it is mostly full of water. A kid in my year in high school was goofing around with friends late one night in the middle of winter. He wanted to do something funny to impress the girls in the group. While wearing multiple heavy warm layers of clothing, he jumped into the deep end of the pond. He had no idea how to swim and promptly drowned.

On a first date, walking on the roof of an apartment building and tried to jump across the next one, but tripped and fell 5 stories.

Guy decided to climb up high tension power lines. Got pretty high up and decided it would be fun to p*e off the tower. The power lines arced to his urine stream and he was electrocuted. Ouch.

High school.

Slid down the stairs on a mattress.

Crashed into the glass panels on the side of the front door.

Severed artery under armpit.

Bled to d***h.

Got drunk, had a handgun, and got into one of those "oh you don't think I will???" arguments with his cousin.

My cousin's first husband was attempting to change the tire on the family van that morning. The jack he used didn't hold while he was under the vehicle.

Always use a cinder block or something else actually stable before getting underneath a vehicle. He was a really good guy and left behind some children who are now adults. They deserved to have their dad growing up.

My dad was 3/4 of a yr sober for the first time in my entire life (mid-20s at time), and decided to drink in celebration of the fact he just got a new apt, and also just got his license (and job) back.

When he chose to sober up, he had a massive heart attack and d**d on the spot. Half an uneaten ham sandwich on the counter.

Trying to beat a train across the tracks in his car.

They went river rafting in a flash flood zone. That ran in the middle of our school.
We found the raft with no one in it a few miles down river.
Bodies were recovered some time after:/ hardly knew the kids but they made it to the 7th grade.

I knew a guy who d**d choking on peanut butter.

Tried to inhale helium off the tank at a 5 year olds birthday party so he could make funny voices. Exploded his lungs in front of twenty 5 year olds and d**d.

Sat on a glass coffee table. Big shard of glass right up the wazoo, severing everything in its path. Multi-organ failure, massive bleed-out.

Ran across the train tracks in front of his girlfriend to get a lighter.

Had an uncle d*e from stubbing his pinkie toe really bad. He refused to go to a Dr, it turned infected then septic.