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Tuesday, September 07, 2021

Elevator traps teen, killing him

ATLANTA — A high school football player was killed Wednesday when he got trapped by an elevator in an Atlanta high-rise apartment building. 

Jaumarcus McFarland,19, lived at the building with other football players from Champion Prep Academy, a school that prepares students academically and athletically for college, WSBTV reported.

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Sixteen people inside and overloading it by 1000 pounds, and they blame the elevator?
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17 comments:

  1. bogsidebunnySeptember 7, 2021 at 6:11 AM

    Jaumarcus's knickname was Stretch.

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  2. DanSeptember 7, 2021 at 6:12 AM

    16 people.....a thousand pounds over the stated weight limit and the morons are blaming the elevator. Too stupid to do some BASIC MATH. Bet all those "athletes" aren't Rhodes Scholars either.

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  3. LoadedforbearSeptember 7, 2021 at 6:26 AM

    What did I miss?

    Did the elevator get stuck, then the occupants pried open the doors and Jaumarcus climbed out, only to get pinned between the the cab and the floor?

    That seems to be what happened, but it sure as hell isn’t written that way. Why? Because that would place the blame squarely on the deceased’s shoulders. Instead, it sounds like they are trying to shift the blame to the evil, greedy building owners.

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2021 at 6:29 AM

    So, let me see if I have this straight. A large group of teens pack themselves into an elevator and somehow one gets outside the car and is crushed and it is the fault of the elevator. More likely that the overload condition of the car caused it to slip and the car, with its door open, fell pinning the teen still in the doorway.
    "Stupid is as stupid does." - Forrest Gump

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  5. TsquaredSeptember 7, 2021 at 6:59 AM

    And it didn't make the Atlanta news.

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  6. MartinFromGermanySeptember 7, 2021 at 7:06 AM

    Jaumarcus. Football player. Athlete.
    Man, that's way too many hints for a "Guess the Race" challenge.
    Overloading the elevator by 1.000 pounds and then complain if the thing fails.
    Typical primate behavior.

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  7. E M JohnsonSeptember 7, 2021 at 7:40 AM

    dindu nufin rong he was going to college racially tinged civil lawsuit in 3..2..

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  8. CavguySeptember 7, 2021 at 9:22 AM

    Modern technology is too much for the africans.

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  9. snuffySeptember 7, 2021 at 9:23 AM

    And...ghetto lottery in 3...2....1

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  10. mjazzguitarSeptember 7, 2021 at 9:25 AM

    I don't get it either. Sounds like he was outside the elevator.

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2021 at 9:39 AM

    Had a cargo elevator do that. It took days release the safety brakes and thing didn’t budge again for the 7 months. All to one mans idiocy in bypassing all the limit switches.

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2021 at 9:45 AM

    19 years old huh. What was he, a Freshman, Sophomore maybe?

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  13. Eaton Rapids JoeSeptember 7, 2021 at 10:01 AM

    Guess he will not be going to college.

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  14. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2021 at 5:07 PM

    Well, if yer stupid enough to play pack the elevator, might as well play fer blood, eh? Ohio Guy

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  15. DaveSeptember 7, 2021 at 6:50 PM

    19 and in high school. Nothing else needs to be said.

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  16. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2021 at 10:49 PM

    Well, he was a football player...no great loss.

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