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[CaptainZok]

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/bob-chadwick-50-salford-who-6496722

Bob was a friend of a friend and will be missed by many.

[Big_Al]

crikey  . . . proves it does happen  . .         very sad 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Very sad!

Just for the sake of not using axle stands"............

[redelitev6]

  I did something similar when I was a daft teenager , I was under my triumph herald ( that gives my age away ! ) just using a scissor jack , the car moved and tipped over , luckily my father was close by and he got the car jacked up again , ever since then I've been very cautious about working under cars 

[Entwood]

Very sad, condolences to the family, however, unfortunately it is not the first and it won't be the last ...

Folks are often in just too much of a hurry to take the time to make the car safe on stands ... the idea "I'll only be a minute nothing will happen" is, sadly, too prevalent and too often wrong. By definition "working on the car" means applying forces to it, such forces are easily sufficient to unbalance a flimsy jack

Thanks to Capt Zok for publicising this tragic occurrence, it may be just enough to make someone else think twice, so avoiding a repeat.

[kevinp58]

Sad to hear this but why do people still do this 

[MR MISTER]

Very sad. 

[tigers_gonads]

Jesus 
But I bet we all have done it, I know I have 

Makes you think .............
Sorry for your loss bud 

[ozzycat]

very sad

[05omegav6]

There, but for the grace of god...

Even on a level, smooth surface, you can't rely on scissor jacks, but trolley jacks will slip just as easily

[ronnyd]

I was taking a towbar off a grannie some years ago when the diff dropped and trapped my right hand. Luckily i
could just reach a large screwdriver to lever it up and drag my hand out. Learned me a strong lesson.
Thoughts to the family of the deceased.

[tunnie]

Very sad to read this, as you say a reminder for everyone to keep safe

[Andy B]

very sad indeed 

[cem_devecioglu]

sad news.. 

[Darth Loo-knee]

But when you have a big belly like Jammy, Gixer, Lazytinker oh and Albs... the car would just rest on it