So one of the very few times I check my facebook feed I stumble across this very tragic post from an old classmate;

Woke up to find my little baby Taiwan beauty snake dead. Not entirely sure what happened, but I think he may have dislodged his water bowl, as it was sitting on his head.
I'll be switching my one other snake who has a ceramic dish to a plastic one to avoid this happening again. I'd rather they flip their dishes over than get crushed by them.
What a terrible way to wake up I feel so horrible for them!

This is the first time I've ever heard of something like this happening and I can't help but wonder if this was a freak accident or if this could be a possible scenario for ball pythons?