Darwin Wins; Nigerian Spam Lessens Somewhat
A gasoline tanker in Nigeria jackknifed and overturned. Gasoline was leaking everywhere. Idiotic villagers swamped the fuel spill with buckets to collect the “free gasoline” and you just know one of them were smoking. The result? 100 crispified Nigerians.
From Aljazeera here:
About 100 people have been killed when a gasoline tanker crashed on the east-west road in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta and caught fire. The fuel tanker was trying to avoid a head-on collision with buses when it swerved into a ditch, leaving its fuel to spill.
People trooped to the scene obviously to scoop the spilled fuel and suddenly there was fire resulting in casualties.
Some troops who reached the crash site before the fire broke out told people to clear off, but many ignored the warning.
Some of those taken to the hospital were burned beyond recognition, while others appeared treatable.
Crashes are common on Nigeria’s pot-holed and poorly maintained roads, and in a region where most people live on less than $2 a day the chance to collect spilling petrol is too much of a temptation, despite the high risk of fires.
Of course this is an awful, tragic thing, but if it stops just one Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud email?
