Volume Control’s No Joke: iPod Jogger Killed by Falling Tree
5:32 am, August 6th, 2009, Nicole Martinelli
Philadelphia police are trying to identify a woman jogger wearing an iPod who was crushed to death Wednesday night by a falling tree.
Chief Inspector Scott Small of Philadelphia Police says a 30-foot-long tree branch fell on the woman from 50 feet above as she ran at 6:35 p.m. on Forbidden Drive, a popular gravel trail through Wissahickon Valley Park in the Northwest part of the city.
Police suspect she didn’t hear it coming because of her iPod, which they could still hear playing when her dead body was found.
The mystery jogger sustained head injuries, what appears to be a broken neck and a compound fracture of her right leg.
The woman police are looking for help to ID is described as white, in her late 20s or early 30s about 5-feet-5 and weighing 120 pounds.
Via Fox Philly, Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted by Nicole Martinelli in News, iPod | Comment on this article
As a fellow journalist, I would think you would have a little more sympathy when writing your headlines. Did you even think about this girls family and friends when you wrote such a headline?
Katie, Our thoughts and prayers are with your family right now. RIP.
Love,
Mount Saint Dominic Academy Class of 2004 classmate
Mount, on August 6th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
[...] volume moderation is probably warranted. Run safe, people. Run safe. [Philadelphia Inquirer via Cult of Mac] Tagged:applefalling treeipodipod joggermusicphiladelphiasadtreetree [...]
iPod Survives Falling Tree Accident, Is Not To Blame For Owner’s Death | Gizmodo Australia, on August 6th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
[...] What’s especially chilling, and damning if you’re the type to blame the inanimate gadget, is that the iPod was still playing music when the woman was discovered. It’s an awful accident, but one we should take as a warning: Listening to music while jogging is essential (at least for someone who hates jogging as much as I do), but noise-cancelling or blocking headphones are a bad idea, since they eliminate ambient noises like traffic and, well, falling trees. And as much as that hot new Beyonce song sounds great when cranked super loud, volume moderation is probably warranted. Run safe, people. Run safe. [Philadelphia Inquirer via Cult of Mac] [...]
iPod Survives Falling Tree Accident, Is Not to Blame for Owner’s Death [Sad] by Techno News Feed, on August 6th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Mount — sorry you were offended. The headline’s meaning was “it is no laughing matter” or “serious matter,” not that somehow we were making light of it. As someone whose close family has made headlines for accidental deaths (twice), my intention would never be to joke about such matters…
Nicole Martinelli, on August 7th, 2009 at 12:02 am
[...] CultofMac [...]
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