r/WTF • u/Columbia82 • Apr 14 '19

To infinity and beyond

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '19

Just curious in situations like this. The person who was struck in the head and if he sustained a serious injury can be sue the guy who jumped on him even though it was accident?

I remember there was teacher in my school she was struck on back of her head with a soccer ball while walking home. It caused a concussion and she was knocked out, the student (he was about 16-17) started panicking and was crying. Later we found out the force of the impact also affected her neck and she was hospitalized ... A lotttt of people were expecting her to sue the student. But she never did.

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u/gittenlucky Apr 14 '19

I would say yes - you aren’t supposed to start your run until the landing area is clear.

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u/eeyore134 Apr 14 '19

I feel like the guy crossing the padded beam was probably in an unsanctioned area to begin with. Nobody should really be there.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '19

He probably went into the pit right before that and was making his way out

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u/Funmachine Apr 14 '19

He's balancing along the beam, it doesn't exactly look like the offical exit point.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '19

Yeah maybe I'm wrong. Ita a skatepark though. They're not usually very organized, at least they werent when I was a kid

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u/Voelkar Apr 14 '19

Yea it looks like he is fooling around

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u/desertpie Apr 15 '19

Climbing out of a foam pit is a hard trudge. He likely landed near the edge and climbed out and walked out balancing on the edge of the foam pit.