This story has gone viral. It is tragic and bizarre. First, the accident:

A robot killed a factory worker at a Volkswagen plant in Germany, FT reports. The 21-year-old worker was installing the robot when it struck him in the chest, crushing him against a plate. He died after the incident.

Apparently, the worker was inside a safety cage designed to enclose the robot. For the safety cage to work, he needed to be outside the cage.

The twist:

Twitter users were quick to point out that the name of the FT reporter, Sarah O’Connor, is remarkably similar to Sarah Connor, hero of the “Terminator” franchise. She was not amused by the barrage of tweets about “Skynet” and reminded them of the serious nature of the situation and that someone had died.

Follow the headline link to read O’Connor’s tweets, as it became clear to her that she was being seen as a character in a “life imitates art” moment.

Tragic. Bizarre.