Twin Brothers Dead, 6 Others Injured After Sledding Down Bobsled Track

[BostonBurns]

Twin brothers, 17, die and their six friends are seriously injured after climbing on to Calgary's Olympic bobsled track at 1:30am and crashing their sled at high speed

• Jordan and Evan Caldwell were at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary
• They died at the scene and six other teen boys were injured
• Police say it is hard to identify everyone involved due to their injuries
• 'We were reminded today that life is but a vapor,' the twins' family said

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...sit-Calgary-bobsled-track-leads-2-deaths.html

Teenage twin brothers died after using their own sled to go down a bobsled track after-hours at the Canada Olympic Park in Calgary.

Jordan and Evan Caldwell, both 17, crashed into a large gate used to separate the luge and bobsled tracks, police said.

Six other teenage boys were injured on the same track and taken to hospital.

 

[Wolf_of_Mars]

Darwinism in action.

 

[Keepalowprofile]

I'm sad for this family. Having to bury not one child, but, two.

 

[Dutchesse]

Darwinism in action.

True.
But I feel for the parents.

 

[JackBurton]

Lame, so we won't be getting a followup to 500 Miles?


At least these kids died having a blast. Bobsledding at high speeds, breaking into an olypmic training center to do it, what a fucking rush. These kids had fun, right to the end. Good shit.

 

[TheMorningStar]

You can pay to ride the bobsled run in Lake Placid. I highly recommend it.

 

[JackBurton]

You can pay to ride the bobsled run in Lake Placid. I highly recommend it.

Calgary's got a track that used to be pretty easy to get into. Heard they're puttin in a bigger fence now though.

 

[cubby]

https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/teenage-twin-boys-killed-six-185047521.html

"It's believed at least eight teenagers, all males, entered the property after hours and used a personal sled/toboggan in an attempt to go down the bobsled track," police said in the Saturday statement.

"Part way down, the group hit a large gate used to separate the bobsled and luge tracks," police said in the statement.

CCTV footage is being reviewed to determine how and why the group entered the facility, police said in the statement.

It was not clear if any in the group were or had been employees at the park, if the surviving boys were still unidentified or if any of them could face charges in connection with the incident.

"Today is the most tragic day in [park operator] WinSport's history," president and CEO Barry Heck said at a press conference, according to the Global News. "As a father, first and foremost, my heart goes out to the families."

"We have robust security measures throughout the park and again safety is extremely important," Heck said, according to The Globe and Mail. "We have a full-time security staff that we employ and when the investigation is concluded we will better understand what happened."