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The Falling Dog That Killed 3 People
In the 1980s, a bizarre accident set off a deadly chain of events
The accidental death of a pet is always a tragedy of great proportions. In the 1980s, a bizarre incident took place in South America, where a pooch met an untimely end and in the process took along three humans, who died as a result.
In the fall of 1988 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a poodle named Cachi tragically fell from the 13th story of a building. It was unknown what caused it to plummet to the ground below, but the slip ended up triggering a much larger daliance with death.
After falling from such a height, the first thing Cachi hit was the head of 75-year-old Marta Espina. The elderly woman and the dog were both found to have died instantly from the impact.
The gory mess on the street below naturally attracted a crowd that gathered around to get a better look at what had happened. One of those was 46-year-old Edith Sola, who was hit by a passing bus as she stood amongst the gawkers. She died of her injuries.
Finally, a man who was in the vicinity of both accidents and watched them both transpire was so keyed up by the unusual activity that he went into cardiac arrest. Although his name wasn’t reported, he died while being transported to the hospital in an ambulance.
Incredibly, a total of four lives (three human and one canine) were attributed to the one accident, which was alleged to have been related to recent repairs that had been made on the balcony of the family that owned the deceased dog. The story was so unusual that it made widespread headlines. Nobody could make sense of the rapid-fire train of death that had reigned down over a busy Argentinian street in a matter of mere moments.
Some people can foresee their demise, while others never see it coming. It’s not possible to be so vigilant as to see everything but the moral of this story is that keeping an eye on above is never a bad idea.
