Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Death by the Banana Tree

Strange news.

Kuenselonline has this news, Man killed by falling banana trees

28 January, 2008 - A 55-year old man in Chali, Mongar, died after a spade cut through his stomach when several bananas trees that he was trying to uproot fell on him at around 1:30 pm on January 21.

The deceased, Thinley Penjore from Masang Kangjay village, had gone to help in the construction of his neighbour’s new house according to the village tshogpa, Kinzang.

Thinley Penjore and two other people were helping to dig out the banana grove near the construction site when the accident happened. Thinley Penjore died on the spot. The two other men escaped unhurt.

The medical doctor at Mongar Regional Referral Hospital who went to examine the death told Kuensel that the man had died from the fatal injury.

Sloppy reporting, don't you think?

What is this? (to name a few)

1 bananas trees?
2. examine the death?
3. died from the fatal injury? (after his guts were spilled out by the spade...)

Kuenselonine should seriously try to edit their posts before publishing them on the web.

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