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| Family sees mother strangled by hijab in freak go-kart accident |
| 2010-04-09 |
| A young Sydney mother has died after her hijab became tangled in a go-kart in an accident on the NSW central coast. The woman suffered severe neck and throat injuries after the hijab - a Muslim scarf that covers a woman's head and neck - became entangled with the go-kart while she was driving at Port Stephens Go-Karts yesterday. Paramedics tried to save the 26-year-old, but she was pronounced dead shortly after she was flown to John Hunter Hospital by a Westpac rescue helicopter. Detective Inspector Peter Fox of Port Stephens Local Area Command said today the longer part of the scarf was wedged down near one of the go-kart's wheel axles. "[It appears] the scarf was pulled across her throat ... from one side of the body to the other side," he said. Paramedics were called to the track on the corner of Marsh Road and Nelson Bay Road in Bobs Farm about 2pm after reports a woman had been strangled by an item of clothing. Crews worked to stabilise her while the rescue helicopter flew to the site. She was flown to hospital but died a short time later. It is believed the woman's husband and children, who were on holiday in the Nelson Bay area, were at the track at the time, but it is unclear whether they were driving go-karts at the time. Sharon and Scott Taylor, of Coal Point, were at the track with their young family waiting to use the karts when the accident happened. Mrs Taylor said there were only two karts on the track at the time. "The kart hit the wall and stopped and she was just slumped over," she said. Mr Taylor said the severity of the woman's injuries was obvious as soon as paramedics began to treat her. "Her clothing had wrapped around her neck," he said. He said he did not hold much hope of the woman surviving when he saw how badly her neck and throat had been injured. Detective Inspector Fox said police removed the go-kart from the site and were examining it mechanically and forensically. Police were also speaking to the track's operators and the woman's family. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #18 at 14 yrs old did a neck chock at -20F on my go-cart with the long stocking caps popular about 1969. Got lucky when it jammed the cyntrypical clutch. learned the lose clothes lesson. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2010-04-09 17:31 |
| #17 I always thought that the decal B & S meant Briggs and Stratton; evidently it means something else entirely ( rhymes with Urka and Wrangled) |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2010-04-09 14:26 |
| #16 AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Sorry I know it's inappropriate. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2010-04-09 14:08 |
| #15 Insallah |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-04-09 12:28 |
| #14 Ah, Barbara beat me to it. ;) |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2010-04-09 12:16 |
| #13 Go Karts...why do they hate |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2010-04-09 11:44 |
| #12 Its a sad day when common sense is overridden by reality. I am a family man, and I feel for the family, I really do. Some people have seen where flesh meets physics and it must have been graphic and ignorant in hindsight. But ed at #3 has it exactly right - behold action and consequence! |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-04-09 11:33 |
| #11 Live by the veil... |
| Posted by: lex 2010-04-09 11:23 |
| #10 Operating machinery while wearing loose, floppy clothing is dangerously stupid. An Indian man in our neighborhood often mows his lawn in a dhoti (sari-like thingy). I keep thinking ... it's just a matter of time... |
| Posted by: Gomez Threter7450 2010-04-09 11:19 |
| #9 Chemist: it sounds to me as if her neck had been broken in the accident. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-04-09 11:07 |
| #8 God smote her. Happens sometimes. |
| Posted by: Fred 2010-04-09 10:44 |
| #7 "No capes!" -- The Incredibles |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-04-09 10:39 |
| #6 Hmmmm. Shades of Isadora Duncan. People never learn, do they? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-04-09 10:06 |
| #5 Not to sound too insensitive but....if the husband had a knife with him, would he have cut her free and saved her life? To do so might have caused some of her skin to be exposed in public...makes me think of the time the Islamists sent the girls back into the burning building to get their burkas on lest they be seen outside in an immodest state. |
| Posted by: Chemist 2010-04-09 10:00 |
| #4 this is divine justice for as the late Ayatollah Khomeini said, "Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. There can be no fun and joy in whatever is serious. Islam does not allow swimming in the sea and is opposed to radio and television serials. Islam, however, allows marksmanship, horseback riding and competition." see note 73 on the wikipedia article on Khomeini |
| Posted by: lord garth 2010-04-09 09:59 |
| #3 I'm surprised the kart track let her do it. And get sued for being anti-muslim? |
| Posted by: ed 2010-04-09 09:39 |
| #2 police removed the go-kart from the site and were examining it mechanically and forensically Looking for signs of satanic possession or a malign djinn? Operating machinery while wearing loose, floppy clothing is dangerously stupid. I'm surprised the kart track let her do it. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-04-09 09:00 |
| #1 Death by KSH (Kart spooling hijab). Teaching point - Mind things that make raucous sounds and spin wildly |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-04-09 08:27 |