Random People Who Escaped Death Then Died Immediately After (13 items)

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  (#1) Soldier Escapes Swarm of Wasps And Runs Into Traffic

  In October 2016, Austin McGeough, a 21-year-old soldier stationed at Fort Campbell on the Tennessee-Kentucky border, was on his way back to base after attending a party. Reportedly, he was disoriented and tried to break into a nursery. While attempting to do so, he struck a wasp’s nest.

  Toxicology reports indicated McGeough was intoxicated. In an attempt to evade the wasps, he inadvertently ran onto Highway 41-A, where an oncoming vehicle fatally hit him. 
   
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  (#2) Man Almost Drives Off Cliff, Then Gets Hit by Bus

  In April 2013, an unnamed California driver lost control of his SUV on the windy Malibu Canyon Road. The man crashed onto the mountainside's ledge and was able to jump out of the vehicle onto the road. He barely managed to escape plummeting off a cliff - a fatal fall.

  Moments after abandoning the car, an oncoming tour bus struck the man. 
   
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  (#3) Teen Survives Plane Crash But Gets Run Over By First Responders

  On July 6, 2013, 16-year-old Ye Meng Yuan survived the plane crash of flight Asiana 214 at the San Francisco Airport. She laid down 30 feet from the crash site. Injured and waiting for help, Ye Meng remained curled up in a ball. 

  When first responders arrived, a fire truck didn’t see the teen and ran her over. City officials cited the chaos of the wreckage as the main factor, but Ye Meng's family sued the city for negligence.
   
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  (#4) Woman Who Escaped Mall Shooting Dies In Aurora Massacre

  Jessica Redfield was an up-and-coming sports broadcaster from Denver, CO. In 2012, she died at the hands of the Aurora shooter, who entered a midnight screening of The Dark Knight and opened fired on the audience. 

  Before Redfield was a victim of the Aurora theater shooting, she had survived an attack at a mall in Toronto only a month prior. Redfield managed to sneak out of the Eaton Centre when the gunman started shooting.
   
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  (#5) Woman Who Survived 9/11 Dies In A Plane Crash Two Months Later

  26-year-old Hilda Yolanda Mayol worked in a restaurant on the ground floor of the World Trade Center. She was present during the September 11 attacks in 2001 but was not injured. Two months later, on a trip to the Dominican Republic, Mayol died on American Airlines Flight 587, which crashed in Queens, NY. 

  At the time, many feared that the crash was a second terrorist attack, but the accident was attributed to the pilot's mishandling of the rudder controls during turbulence. 
   
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  (#6) Woman Awakens At Her Own Funeral And Dies from Shock

  In 2011, medical professionals had declared Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov of Kazan, Russia, dead at 49 years old. Her family began the grieving process and arranged a funeral. At the memorial, Mukhametzyanov awoke to prayers as the family prepared her body for the burial. Realizing that she was now attending her own funeral, the woman reportedly bolted upright and screamed for help. 

  She suffered a heart attack and subsequent heart failure, which resulted in her death.
   

   
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  (#7) Basketball Player Averts Plane Crash But Dies In A Car Accident

  In 1977, the entire University of Evansville Men's Basketball team - except for one player - died in a crash only 90 seconds after the plane took flight. An ankle injured prevented 18-year-old David Furr from playing with the Purple Aces, so he skipped the flight that would ultimately fell all his teammates. 

  Although the team had previously only ever traveled by bus, the coach requested they fly in style for this particular away game. Two weeks later, Furr and his 16-year-old brother were involved in a driving accident that resulted in both of their deaths. 
   
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  (#8) Woman Avoids Club Fire But Dies In A Car Crash One Week Later

  Jessica de Lima Rohl had spent weeks organizing a university party at a local Brazilian club in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. However, when her boyfriend asked her to stay in and skip the event, Rohl agreed at the last minute. This proved to be a lifesaving decision: 233 died from a fire that broke out in the nightclub. 

  A week later, 21-year-old Rohl and her boyfriend died when their car collided with an oncoming truck.
   
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  (#9) Boy Who Survived A Tornado Gets Mauled By A Dog

  5-year-old Ayden Evans and his family escaped a massive tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. The May 2013 tornado did enormous damage, and the Evans left their son with family in Jessieville, Arkansas, while they dealt with the aftermath. According to police, the boy threw a tantrum while his parents were out. 

  Reportedly, 50-year-old Lynn Geiling, the neighbor of Ayden’s aunt, went to comfort him, but her 150-pound bull mastiff reacted aggressively and attacked the boy. Geiling screamed for help and tried to pry the dog's teeth away, but the boy sustained fatal injuries. The dog was euthanized following the attack.
   
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  (#10) Marcus Garvey Has A Stroke After Reading Fake Obituary

  Considered a trailblazer for the Black Nationalist movement, Marcus Garvey was a fierce Jamaican politician who advocated the return of those affected by the African diaspora. It came as no surprise to Garvey that he had many political opponents. 

  However, the politician was shocked after coming across a fake obituary in the Chicago Defender. The obituary, which was reportedly negative and demeaning about Garvey's opinions, enraged the man so much that he suffered two strokes and passed on June 10, 1940.
   
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  (#11) Father And Daughter Survive Plane Crash Only To Die In Another 

  In 2007, "Bud" Warren and his daughter, Phyllis Ridings, survived a potentially lethal emergency landing after crashing in an open field. The father and daughter were a part of the Experimental Aircraft Association. The incident near Magnolia, TX, did not change their passion for flying. 

  Four years later, the duo’s plane again malfunctioned. Warren, 70, and Ridings, 52, were on their way to an air show in Temple when the cockpit began to fill with smoke. Their plane crashed near Montgomery County Airport. 
   
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  (#12) Girl Survives Pool Accident But Dies In Surgery Months Later

  In June 2007, 6-year-old Abigail Taylor from Edina, Minnesota, experienced near-fatal trauma after an accident in a wading pool. Abigail got caught in a pool drain at the Minneapolis Golf Club in St. Louis Park. She had extensive damage to her organs but survived.

  Nine months later, Abigail died in a special surgery intended to transplant some of the organs damaged in the incident. Her death sparked outrage, and Minnesota state officials instated new laws to make pools safer throughout the county.
   
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  (#13) Daredevil Dies After Slipping On An Orange Peel

  Bobby Leach was a famed daredevil in the early 1900s. He was a professional stuntman in the Barnum and Bailey’s Circus, and he performed many of his stunts to live audiences. His notable achievement is surviving a barrel ride over Niagara Falls in 1911 - as the second person to successfully do so.

  Leach traveled internationally, and he toured to New Zealand in 1926. While there, Leach reportedly slipped on an orange peel and gravely injured his leg. His wound ultimately developed gangrene, leading to doctors' decision to amputate. Leach passed two months later from his injuries at approximately 68-years-old. 
   

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