Sleeping firefighter killed by fire truck

[BLIXEMPIE]

Kleinmond - A firefighter who was sleeping under a fire truck while taking a break from fighting fires in the Overstrand area, was killed when the truck was started and drove over him on Sunday night.

The driver is still badly traumatised, said Riaan Jacobs, fire chief of the Overstrand municipality. He was admitted to the Hermanus Medi-Clinic on Sunday after making the shocking discovery.

The driver was apparently a cousin of Harold Jacobs, 20, who was sleeping underneath the vehicle.

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Sleeping-firefighter-killed-by-fire-truck-20110322

A tragedy, but seriously, WTF was he sleeping under the truck for?

 

[SoulTax]

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Sleeping-firefighter-killed-by-fire-truck-20110322

A tragedy, but seriously, WTF was he sleeping under the truck for?

Um I am sure sleeping in the truck cab would have been more comfortable? Sleeping underneath is just odd.

 

[Kornhub]

Shame man

 

[RustyPrincess]

Maybe he was dead already...

 

[Albereth]

Operation Thunderchariot - Ratel drove over 3 troopies who were sleeping in front of it - luckily they were on soft sand and got away with some bruises.

 

[zululami]

something isn't adding up... why would you sleep under a damn truck! What a sad tragedy, may his soul rest in peace ...

 

[Alan]

something isn't adding up... why would you sleep under a damn truck! What a sad tragedy, may his soul rest in peace ...

Shade?

 

[zululami]

Shade?

The article says it was at night ... why would you seek shade at night...

 

[bwana]

Jacobs, from Kleinmond, was apparently sleeping in front of one of the wheels when the truck drove off.

Under a truck makes some sense but in front of a wheel?

 

[genetic]

something isn't adding up... why would you sleep under a damn truck! What a sad tragedy, may his soul rest in peace ...

So his boss wouldn't catch him sleeping?

 

[killadoob]

What a stupid thing to do.

Sad but idiotic. If there were 10 choices where i could sleep at a fire station, underneath a truck would not even be on the list of possibles.

 

[bwana]

What a stupid thing to do.

Sad but idiotic. If there were 10 choices where i could sleep at a fire station, underneath a truck would not even be on the list of possibles.

They were fighting fires, not parked off in the station.

 

[killadoob]

They were fighting fires, not parked off in the station.

Ok well then i could think of 5 other places to sleep, underneath the front wheel again won't feature on the list.

 

[SoulTax]

Under a truck makes some sense but in front of a wheel?

I am not so sure he was sleeping in front of a wheel entirely. I think that he may have been sleeping somewhat offcentre towards the front of the truck. Then as it pulled off and needed to pull to the right/left to join the mainstream driving path of the road, the back wheels came accross and drove over where he was. This is the only way I can see it happening.

If he was actually sleeping in front of a wheel, then I suspect his future contributions to the gene pool collective would not have been positive in the first place.