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Kids drink racing gas. Die....
I can't get my head around the fact that two kids drinking racing gas and mountain dew thought it would be a good idea...
Cocktail of Mountain Dew and racing fuel blamed in teens' deaths | Fox News Two teen boys in rural Tennessee are dead after apparently drinking a blend of racing fuel and Mountain Dew last week—something others have since admitted to drinking as well. Logan Stephenson, 16, was pronounced dead at his home in Greenbrier on Thursday morning, and the police chief tells WZTV that others told him "the color of his skin had changed and he started having a seizure. His hands started drawing up." Logan's best friend, JD Byram, was rushed to a nearby medical center in a coma, and died Monday afternoon. "Our hearts are heavy today as we have learned that a second young man has died from the incident last week," says the Robertson County sheriff, per WATE. "We ask that everyone continue to pray for both of these families as they go through this tragic time." A friend of the family has set up a GoFundMe page with a $10,000 target, to be donated to Greenbrier High School for an alcohol and drug abuse program. The police chief says two other boys have now come forward admitting to having consumed the same toxic blend; they were treated at the emergency room and released. "Ask your children," he says in a plea for more information. "Get them to be open and honest with you. Nobody is going to be in any trouble." Candles and roses now fill the parking space where Logan, who'd recently gotten his license, parked at school. |
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Methanol /= Ethanol
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That's just awful. What a horrible waste.
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Guess they did not look up the LD50 on methanol... haha
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We're they trying to make NoS?
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Sadly, I'm pretty sure ever clear is cheaper!
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01-27-2016, 02:22 PM
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I do feel sad for the families involved, and it is a terrible waste. A Terrible waste of good race gas.
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Wow. Just wow. I drank some gross stuff in high school, but wtf?
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How can you even get enough of that down to do anything. The moment it hit my tongue, if I were foolish enough to do this, it would be sprayed out like a Foster Brooks spit take.
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How incredibly sad. Kind of the opposite of the kids that dump NOS energy drinks into their gas tanks looking for a bit of a power boost. Only worse...
Do kids still have to take basic chemistry or anything? I mean, I've certainly consumed my fair share of flammable liquids, but nothing you could run a car on...
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I guess things like that are more common than you would think. The step son of one of my neighbors and his friend drank antifreeze. He was in the hospital for awhile with failing kidneys. I didn't inquire & don't know if he suffered any permanent damage.
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boons farm apple, mad dog 20/20 and bartles and james were my "fuelie" cocktail in high school. can't believe i made it.
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These kids needed a cigarette factory nearby.
When I was a high school kid I got invited to all the parties because I turned up with a pretty high powered rum. There was a cigarette factory nearby and I would sneak in and tip the 44 gallon drums upside down to get the last cup or two of rum out of them 
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Sounds like natural selection at work
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^^^This. I mean....we all did some crazy stuff growing up...at least I know I did. I knew better than to drink gasoline, however.... This is truly bizarre. It makes you wonder about the exact circumstances of how they actually ingested the mixture--was it a dare? Was it peer pressure? Tragic.
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Very sad story. It has always amazed me that for the most part we survive the early years. I had several close calls, and I know my two boys had some close calls. This is clearly a case of stupid overcoming luck.
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01-28-2016, 04:38 AM
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Absolutely sad and terrible for the families, but simultaneously stupid beyond comprehension.
Can't fix stupid. Want to get high? Drink some booze, spark a j...I never understood huffing paint or anything along those lines. I'll admit that I've liked the smell of gasoline since I was a kid. Race gas smells especially awesome, but I never once considered drinking it.
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They should ban the sale of race gas in Tennessee. That would solve the problem.
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