Show freak accidents many freak accidents occurred in in the year 1943 but the following are the prize ones for that period as announced by the national safety council first prize to soldier who was welded in his sleeping bag when a bolt of lightning struck his zipper second prize to soldier whose left leg was broken by a coconut which was felled by a stray bullet third prize to washington rancher who was tossed in the air and stripped of all clothing except shoes and eyeglasses by the spinning reel of a combine |