TVgog56789@lemy.lolM to US News@lemy.lolEnglish · 5 months agoGirl, 6, is killed in Maine vacation freak accident after 10 year-old brother's badminton racket broke during game and metal shaft pierced her skullwww.dailymail.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkGirl, 6, is killed in Maine vacation freak accident after 10 year-old brother's badminton racket broke during game and metal shaft pierced her skullwww.dailymail.co.ukTVgog56789@lemy.lolM to US News@lemy.lolEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTVgog56789@lemy.lolOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down19·5 months agoIt is horrifying. To avoid future tragedies like that racket company needs to be sued so they make safer rackets. Just in case the metal rod comes off it needs to have a rounded blunt end, so it doesn’t hurt anyone.
minus-squareM500linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoIt’s kinda hard to blame that company. We don’t even know how old the rackets are, if they were abused, or taken care of. The situation sucks, but sometimes there just really isn’t someone to blame.
minus-squareBigFig@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoYeah, I wouldn’t even know where to begin as that family. I hope they can make it through this.
minus-squareThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoEvery time something bad happens, an American thinks ‘this is someone’s fault and they need to pay’.
It is horrifying.
To avoid future tragedies like that racket company needs to be sued so they make safer rackets.
Just in case the metal rod comes off it needs to have a rounded blunt end, so it doesn’t hurt anyone.
It’s kinda hard to blame that company. We don’t even know how old the rackets are, if they were abused, or taken care of.
The situation sucks, but sometimes there just really isn’t someone to blame.
Yeah, I wouldn’t even know where to begin as that family. I hope they can make it through this.
Every time something bad happens, an American thinks ‘this is someone’s fault and they need to pay’.