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Man died after friends dared him to sit on box of fireworks to win an auto rickshaw (www.iol.co.za)

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A 32-year-old man was killed after accepting a dare by his friends to sit on a box of lit fireworks in Bengaluru, India.

An Indian publication, The Hindu, reported that the man died after he accepting a challenge to sit on a container which had a box full of firecrackers in it to win an auto rickshaw that was placed as a bet.

The publication said the horrific incident was captured on a neighbour’s CCTV camera on Friday.

It is believed that one of his friends offered the deceased his new auto rickshaw if he sat on the box full of lit fireworks.

Speaking to the publication, Deputy Commissioner of Police Lokesh Bharamappa Jagalsar, said the deceased and his friends were drunk when the incident happened.

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[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

Apparently it wasn't an immediate death. Ugh. How awful.

[–] hate2bme@lemmy.world -3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Where's the footage?

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 6 points 6 days ago

I'm sure it's around if you want to search for it. We'd ask people not to post it here though.