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Will anyone else be killed by a coffin by the end of 2009?

Background: A Brazilian woman was killed by her husband's coffin on the way to the cemetery to bury him, police said.

Marciana Silva Barcelos, 67, was in the front passenger seat of the hearse when the coffin slammed into her neck during a traffic accident.

She died instantly.
(http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/world/husbands-coffin-kills-wife-on-way-to-cemetery/2008/11/13/1226318799751.html)

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
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Yes
9%
No
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Question suspends in 5 weeks

Suspend date: Thu 31st Dec 5:59am PST (5 weeks to go)

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 5%

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Created Wed 12th Nov 2008 10:55pm PST by oppugner

Suspend date: Thu 31st Dec 5:59am PST (5 weeks to go) details

 

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10 weeks ago
andyblard7 predicted Yes (H$20 at 9%)
17 weeks ago
fenricstoast predicted Yes (H$2 at 10%)
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sarahthehotone95 predicted No (H$5 at 90%)
21 weeks ago
carterj3995 predicted No (H$5 at 90%)
26 weeks ago
smoothtoast predicted Yes (H$20 at 10%)

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  1 randburg
If this question takes a whole year to suspend, it must be a sloooow coffin...
posted 1 year ago

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