Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The luckiest man on earth
The first time Croatian Frane Selak was lucky was in 1964, when a train derailed and fell into a river. 17 people died, but Frane managed to swim to shore.
Then Frane had some equally funny incidents: he fell into a haystack from an airplane whose door opened during the flight, killing 19 people; swam to shore after a bus fell into a river; got bruised after he was hit by a bus. The car Selak was driving caught fire while driving. Selak jumped out of the car when he hit the brakes. And at the same second, the gas tank exploded.
In all, Franet survived seven crashes.
Finally, in 2003, Frane bought a lottery ticket for the first time in his life and won £600,000.
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The luckiest man on earth
The first time Croatian Frane Selak was lucky was in 1964, when a train derailed and fell into a river. 17 people died, but Frane managed to swim to shore.
Then Frane had some equally funny incidents: he fell into a haystack from an airplane whose door opened during the flight, killing 19 people; swam to shore after a bus fell into a river; got bruised after he was hit by a bus. The car Selak was driving caught fire while driving. Selak jumped out of the car when he hit the brakes. And at the same second, the gas tank exploded.
In all, Franet survived seven crashes.
Finally, in 2003, Frane bought a lottery ticket for the first time in his life and won £600,000.
#luckiestpeople #man #earth #luck #history #facts
