The definition of “freak accident”
A Kiwi university student was hospitalized with a fractured spine this week when he “[jumped] from a roof into a paddling pool with his hair on fire as a stunt . . . to join University of Canterbury Engineering Society.”
His friends – who were filming at the time – described it as a “freak accident.”
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No.
A freak accident is when you are struck dead on your lunch break by a meteorite.
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Jenni Lea wrote: "A meteorite that decapitated an unwitting cow in Venezuela in 1972 was recently auctioned for £1,080 by Bonhams, after the farmer who found it had used it as a doorstop for several years. He also a..."farmers are so practical :)
This made me giggle-snort.