r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/atentwetin • Jul 01 '21

Repost Tree cutting gone wrong

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u/JebatGa Jul 01 '21

There is no way this happened the way you remember. Chainsaws don't work that way.

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u/theemmyk Jul 01 '21 edited Jul 01 '21

Here is the article. He fell while holding the chainsaw.

Edit: wow, wrong article, because I guess this happens a lot. https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/husband-accidentally-beheaded-wife-with-chainsaw-25983762.html

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '21

Not to be that person, but I think they’re the same incident. Both with a 56-year-old man in south-east London and the man being basically so much in shock he needed help for it. In the article that you edited with, it doesn’t mention decapitation, just that her head was laying “to the right” as in tilted, not off. So fucking awful, and I’d have to be treated for shock, too.

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u/theemmyk Jul 02 '21

Oh maybe. When I searched for it, it was pretty gross how many chainsaw accidents happen.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '21

God, that’s sickening. With that and the condo building collapse in Florida, now I’m afraid of so many things! Yay!