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Reality show challenge kills seven people

by Anna Johns, posted Mar 18th 2006 12:08PM

uruguay train reality showA reality show stunt got way out of hand near Montevideo, Uruguay on Friday. Hundreds of residents of one town were pulling on a train as part of a reality television show fundraiser for a local hospital. They were tugging at an engine and two attached cars when several contestants fell and were run over by the train. Seven were killed.

The residents were competing in a program called, A Challenge to the Heart, where Uruguayan communities raise money for local charities by completing difficult tasks.

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astrogirl

it might have been a reality show, but at least the motivation was better than the US ones. To help the community instead of for personal gain. But the loss of any life is tragic, no matter the circumstance.

March 18 2006 at 4:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
A.S.H.

I think it's time to rent the Peter Finch movie, "Network." It's been decades since I've seen it, but I believe that television has become what this movie warned against. Reality shows keep upping the ante in the struggle for ratings, but at what cost? "We're mad as hell, and we're not going to take it anymore!"

March 18 2006 at 1:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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