man crushed by tank at family reunion
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Bookmonger
Aug 26, 2015, 7:19:31 PM8/26/15
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man crushed by tank at family reunion
sitting on the front edge of the tank and facing inward.
But as the tank traveled down a hill, Wright lost his balance and fell backwards, landing directly in front of the tank. He was run over, and emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene.
Officials also said that drugs or alcohol did not appear to have been involved.
The link to the article if it is not a clickable link for you,
Jason Green
Aug 27, 2015, 6:48:01 AM8/27/15
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It was a m5 or m5 high speed tractor..
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Aug 27, 2015, 7:09:53 AM8/27/15
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Jason
> It was a m5 or m5 high speed tractor..
A newspaper article I saw on the web showed an M5 HST.
Everyone, please remember that we may jokingly call our
vehicles "toys". But at the end of the day they are
machinery, often heavy and VERY heavy machinery and
have to be treated as such.
The military may have lots of rules, some
are petty, but most are there for safety reasons:
1) Safe seating
Tanks/Armour/Tracked = name tag defilade = no more of
you sticking out of a hatch than what is above
your shirt pocket.
No-one on the exterior of a vehicle, leave that to
the Russians with T-34s in WW2 - they did not
care about safety.
Other vehicles = seats are provided, use them.
2) 3 points of contact when climbing on/over/off armour.
3) Don't climb track to get in/on an armoured vehicle.
If it moves, you could be dead.
- Climb on from the front if at all possible, but first
make sure the driver can see you and knows what you are
going to do.
4) If something bad is going to happen to a moving
vehicle, almost without exception you are going to be less
injured by "bailing in", instead of "bailing out".
ie, make sure all of you is inside and then hang on.
Regards
Doug
> <http://mashable.com/2015/08/25/jelly-belly-tank-man-dies/>
> It was a m5 or m5 high speed tractor..
Everyone, please remember that we may jokingly call our
vehicles "toys". But at the end of the day they are
machinery, often heavy and VERY heavy machinery and
have to be treated as such.
The military may have lots of rules, some
are petty, but most are there for safety reasons:
1) Safe seating
Tanks/Armour/Tracked = name tag defilade = no more of
you sticking out of a hatch than what is above
your shirt pocket.
No-one on the exterior of a vehicle, leave that to
the Russians with T-34s in WW2 - they did not
care about safety.
Other vehicles = seats are provided, use them.
2) 3 points of contact when climbing on/over/off armour.
3) Don't climb track to get in/on an armoured vehicle.
If it moves, you could be dead.
- Climb on from the front if at all possible, but first
make sure the driver can see you and knows what you are
going to do.
4) If something bad is going to happen to a moving
vehicle, almost without exception you are going to be less
injured by "bailing in", instead of "bailing out".
ie, make sure all of you is inside and then hang on.
Regards
Doug
> <http://mashable.com/2015/08/25/jelly-belly-tank-man-dies/>
>
> sitting on the front edge of the tank and facing inward.
>
> But as the tank traveled down a hill, Wright lost his balance and
> fell backwards, landing directly in front of the tank. He was run
> over, and emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene.
>
> Officials also said that drugs or alcohol did not appear to have
> been involved.
>
>
> The link to the article if it is not a clickable link for you,
>
> http://mashable.com/2015/08/25/jelly-belly-tank-man-dies/
>
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> sitting on the front edge of the tank and facing inward.
>
> But as the tank traveled down a hill, Wright lost his balance and
> fell backwards, landing directly in front of the tank. He was run
> over, and emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene.
>
> Officials also said that drugs or alcohol did not appear to have
> been involved.
>
>
> The link to the article if it is not a clickable link for you,
>
> http://mashable.com/2015/08/25/jelly-belly-tank-man-dies/
>
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