The 23 Most Ridiculous Deaths of 2012

17 Scooter Rider Buried by Boiling Tar After Cutting Off Truck

There are certain things most two-wheeled motorists look out for: cigarette butts, squirrels, pedestrians, errant lane changes…trucks full of boiling tar, not so much.

In Yuhuan, Shejiang China, a moped rider was driving recklessly and cut off a truck carrying 10 tons of boiling, causing the driver to swerve suddenly to avoid the motorist.
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He missed.

Yang Fu, the driver, said he made every attempt to avoid the scooter, but ended up turning the truck over, covering the man and his scooter in a pile of tar kept at over 100 degrees when being transported.