First time I have heard of someone "suiciding" themselves like this

[SunsN07BookIt]

Police said Tomas Rivera, of Port Jervis, New York, about 70 miles northwest of New York City, went to Longfellow Avenue in the Bronx at about 9:20 a.m. and wrapped a chain around a pole.

He then entered his white Honda Pilot and put the other end of the chain around his neck, according to police. Once inside the car, he hit the gas pedal, causing the chain to yank off his head, which flew back onto the street.

The car continued down the street until it hit a parked car, and the impact ejected Rivera's body onto the street.

http://news.yahoo.com/york-driver-chains-neck-pole-hits-gas-pedal-170746116.html

[nathanjizzle]

i guess you can say, he got a "head" start into the after life.

[Fudge]

What the fuq is wrong with people bruh.

[SunsN07BookIt]

Any med students in the house? Would the whole vertebral column come out with the head if it is yanked off in this fashion?

[qrich]

That...sounds...chill.

[TheMan]

No reason to lose your head over this.

[Draz]

Well that was headed in the wrong direction.

[Patrick Chewing]

He finally got road head.

[notbrucewayne]

I wonder where he was heading?

[J Shuttlesworth]

That's quite the chain of events

[gigantes]

Any med students in the house? Would the whole vertebral column come out with the head if it is yanked off in this fashion?
i don't think you need to be a med student to answer that one-- the spine is a network of oval bones and soft pads protecting a rather thin nerve cord at the core. it's made to resist localised stresses and compressions, not so much to hold up against stretching forces beyond what the surrounding bone, muscle sinew tissue can provide.

anyway, my 2

[KevinNYC]

Any med students in the house? Would the whole vertebral column come out with the head if it is yanked off in this fashion?
not a med student, but no.

http://sonsa.org/images/spinal_curves_regions.jpg

If the scenario you are describing were the case, it seems like it would be impossible to behead someone. The article clearly states he was decapitated as opposed to eviscerated.

[sweggeh]

Damn, dude lost his head.

[chosen_one6]

I'm trying to wrap my head around this

[TheMan]

That's quite the chain of events
:applause:

[Patrick Chewing]

He was ahead of the curve.

[TheMan]

The way the poor guy killed himself will surely make headlines.

[Patrick Chewing]

In High School, he was voted "Most likely to Secede"

[SunsN07BookIt]

If he had chainged his outlook on life he might not beheading that direction.

[robert de niro]

head pun post

[DwnShft2Xcelr8]

No big loss. Dude didn't have the right head on his shoulders.

[Akrazotile]

Guess something was driving him crazy

[senelcoolidge]

Looks like he was too driven in life.

[KyrieTheFuture]

Imagine owning the car that dude hit, I'd probably lose my head

[9erempiree]

I don't think he needed spine because it was holding him back.

x2

[Just2McFly]

[QUOTE=gigantes]i don't think you need to be a med student to answer that one-- the spine is a network of oval bones and soft pads protecting a rather thin nerve cord at the core. it's made to resist localised stresses and compressions, not so much to hold up against stretching forces beyond what the surrounding bone, muscle sinew tissue can provide.

anyway, my 2

[Akrazotile]

He was probably a huge Rockets fan whose been upset ever since Luther Head fell off.......... :confusedshrug:

[ThePhantomCreep]

The way the poor guy killed himself will surely make headlines.

They'll be coming in at a breakneck pace.

[GimmeThat]

Well, thread is heading south..


dat organ donor list.


did someone check his ID?

[gigantes]

You could have just said no..... jesus:facepalm
just like you could have tried to learn something, joshua? :facepalm

[wakencdukest]

just like you could have tried to learn something, joshua? :facepalm



He was just yankin your chain.

[MadeFromDust]

Any med students in the house? Would the whole vertebral column come out with the head if it is yanked off in this fashion?
Yes, it would. Remember when the predator shoved his hand in that indian's ass on the tree branch and yanked out his whole spine and skull to keep for his trophy?

[dunksby]

Y'all are some corny Mfers.