June 2008


General29 Jun 2008 09:30 am

Six Flags accident - Chicago Tribune
A teenager was decapitated by a roller coaster after he hopped a pair of fences and entered a restricted area Saturday at Six Flags Over Georgia , authorities said. Six Flags officials are uncertain why the unidentified 17-year-old from Columbia, S.C

KALAMAZOO OUTLAWS 10, SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN 9Despite of car accident - Grand Rapids Press
KALAMAZOO — Kalamazoo Outlaws’ running back Michael Hunter couldn’t be stopped by a car accident on Friday, and he shrugged off the Southwest Michigan Punishers’ defense Saturday night. Hunter, after being hit while standing near his place of

Three killed, three injured in boat accident on Lake Ontario - Democrat and Chronicle
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating whether speed and alcohol led to an accident that left three people dead and three others injured early Saturday when a boat crashed into Summerville pier. Michele L. Ciaccia, 33, of Penfield; Cori

Guatemalan minister dies in helicopter crash - Reuters Canada
VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (Reuters) - Guatemala’s interior minister died when a helicopter crashed on Friday in bad weather north of the Guatemalan capital, officials said. All four people on board were killed, including Interior Minister Vinicio Gomez

General26 Jun 2008 03:30 pm

Berrien County men die in late-afternoon accident - 22 WSBT
Story Created: Jun 25, 2008 at 2:54 AM EDT Story Updated: Jun 25, 2008 at 3:37 AM EDT Two Berrien County men are dead after a motorcycle and car collided Monday evening in Pipestone Twp. The sheriff’s office said Michael Masterov, 40, of Eau Claire

State police, NHRA will study fatal accident - Houston Chronicle
NEWARK, N.J. The New Jersey State Police and the National Hot Rod Association will conduct separate investigations into the accident that killed Funny Car driver Scott Kalitta at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park over the weekend. Kalitta, 46

Accident girl Monique battles her way home - Cambridge News
To view this video you will need to use Internet Explorer, or download a plug-in for your browser which is capable of displaying Windows Media Video files. COMA GIRL Monique Henville is back at home - just weeks after she was hit by a car on a

Man dies in drilling rig accident - Billings Gazette
PINEDALE - A 24-year-old man died Tuesday after being struck on the head by a piece of falling pipe on a drilling rig in southwestern Wyoming. The man’s identity was not immediately released. James Duran of Shell Exploration and Production said the

Jury deliberates man’s fate in deadly Metrolink train crash - Los Angeles Times
After nearly eight weeks of testimony, a jury Tuesday started deliberating the fate of a Compton man who left his vehicle on railroad tracks and caused a deadly Metrolink wreck three years ago. Juan Manuel Alvarez, 29, is charged with 11 counts of

Carthage boy dies in accident on Highway 96 - Joplin Globe
A 5-year-old Carthage boy was killed in a two-vehicle accident at 3:50 p.m. Monday on Missouri Highway 96 at Route B, five miles east of Carthage in Jasper County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Enoc N. Castanon was pronounced dead

Man Killed in ATV Accident - WTRF
CARROLL COUNTY, OHIO — According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Arthur Gremminger was driving his 2003 Polaris Sportsman all-terrain vehicle on the roadway Tuesday night. He was traveling Eastbound on State Route 183 when he hit the end of a

Oxford Accident Draws Lawsuit - TriVallyCentral
OXFORD - A Monroe resident recently declared his intention to take civil action against a local police officer in connection with an accident that occurred last December. Through his attorneys, Mihaly & Kascak, LLC, in Trumbull, Jason Bernardo of 43

General20 Jun 2008 02:30 am

Transport company fined thousands over fatal teen accident - Australian Broadcasting Corp.
A Brisbane transport company has been fined thousands of dollars after a fatal workplace accident involving a teenager. A 14-year-old boy was crushed by a shipping container in January last year while helping his stepfather unload a truck at

Final attempt to solve Markov umbrella killing - Guardian Unlimited
Scotland Yard detectives have twice visited Bulgaria in three months in a final attempt to solve the murder of Georgi Markov, in which the Bulgarian dissident was jabbed with a poisoned umbrella while waiting for a London bus in 1978. A team from the

Gerbil suspected in Utah crash - Rocky Mountain News
SPRINGVILLE, Utah Police say a teenage driver who lost control of her car while scrambling to capture her pet gerbil wasn’t cited for an accident that hospitalized two people. Lt. Dave Caron said the gerbil escaped from its cage while the 17-year

General18 Jun 2008 06:30 am

Caustic soda sprinkled on pancakes - News.com.au
Three women and a man from Edgarley Home in southwest Victoria were admitted to hospital on June 4 after eating the pancakes. Casterton Memorial Hospital chief executive Owen Stephens said one patient left the same day, two others were kept overnight

Teen injured in bike accident - Auburn Journal
A teen bicyclist on a ride in Downtown Auburn with his father on Tuesday was injured after hitting the open door of a parked car. The 17-year-old male was taken by ambulance to hospital after complaining of shoulder pain. Investigators were

One passenger dies, 4 injured in accident - Hannibal Courier-Post
Mary Hatch, 73, of Louisiana, died Tuesday afternoon from injuries suffered in a three-vehicle collision at 11:35 a.m. Tuesday, June 17, in rural Lincoln County. Four more people were injured. The accident was on U.S. 61 at Tickridge Road. The

Woman charged with leaving accident scene - Norman Transcript
A Moore woman was charged Tuesday after allegedly leaving the scene of a two-car accident Saturday night. Angelia Dolores Bledsoe, 35, Moore, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident with personal injury. Moore police said Bledsoe ran a

Entrapment accident in Anchorage - KTVA
A driver had to be cut out of her vehicle after a Tuesday afternoon accident in Fairview. The accident happened at noon, near 14th and Ingra. Police say the driver of a white minivan was trying to turn left into the wrong lane when she accidentally

Fatal Accident at Construction Site - 580 CFRA
An industrial accident on Britannia Road north of Howe Street claimed the life of a 30-year-old man. Ottawa Paramedics were called at 4:50 pm Tuesday afternoon. The man was working on a construction site when he was crushed under the tracks of a

General16 Jun 2008 07:30 am

Four injured when car hits crowd - Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO - Chicago Fire officials say four people were hospitalized after a car plunged into a crowd on Chicago’s West Side. Chicago Fire Department Commander Will Knight says the accident occurred late Sunday night on the 600 block of North Lawndale

Former Marshall star Goddard dies in motorcycle accident - Boston Globe
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Former Marshall defensive end Johnathan Goddard died early Sunday after a motorcycle accident in northern Florida. Goddard’s motorcycle went off the shoulder of a road at a high rate of speed and overturned about 7:40 p.m

Former Herd DE dies in motorcycle accident - Register-Herald
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Former Marshall defensive end Johnathan Goddard died early Sunday after a motorcycle accident in northern Florida. Goddard s motorcycle went off the shoulder of a road at a high rate of speed and overturned about 7:40 p.m

Donor man dies in accident - Westmidlands.com
Britain s oldest female kidney donor has spoken or her grief after her son whose life she saved died in a freak accident. Christine Wright, aged 81, of Bromfield Court in Stone, donated her kidney to 51-year old son David two months ago to keep him

Accident on lake claims Kansas man - Tulsa World
COPAN A Kansas man died early Sunday after he nearly drowned at a Washington County lake Saturday evening. Joseph Lee Tuttle, 29, of Caney, Kan., slipped under water at Copan Lake and was pulled to shore by two men but died after being

General06 Jun 2008 04:30 am

Air Force: Sensor Moisture Caused 1st B-2 Crash - CBS News
(AP) The Air Force on Thursday said the first crash of a B-2 stealth bomber was caused by moisture in sensors and estimated the loss of the aircraft at $1.4 billion. The crash probably could have been avoided if knowledge of a technique to evaporate

Minor accident on the set of Hannah Montana movie - Miami Herald
In this April 14, 2008 file photo, Miley Cyrus arrives at the 2008 CMT Awards in Nashville, Tenn. The wind blew a projection screen against a Ferris wheel on the set of “Hannah Montana: The Movie,” witnesses said. No local law enforcement agencies or

D.A.: Bills’ Lynch in vehicle at time of accident - International Herald Tribune
BUFFALO, N.Y. : Erie County District Attorney Frank Clark calls Bills running back Marshawn Lynch the “principal suspect” in an alleged hit-and-run accident, saying the player was inside his vehicle when it struck and injured a pedestrian. What’s

Hit-Run Prompts Soul-Searching - Tampa Bay Online
HARTFORD, Conn. - A 78-year-old man is tossed like a rag doll by a hit-and-run driver and lies motionless on a busy city street as car after car goes by. Pedestrians gawk but appear to do nothing. One driver stops briefly but then pulls back into

Hartford police release chilling video of hit-and-run accident - Minneapolis Star Tribune
HARTFORD, Conn. - Police released chilling surveillance video of a hit-and-run accident in hopes of catching the unidientified driver who ran down a 78-year-old pedestrian, paralyzing him, and to show the callousness of bystanders who did nothing to

Five injuried - one critical - in two-vehicle accident - Dothan Eagle
EUFAULA - A Thursday morning wreck on the Baker Hill Highway resulted in five injuries. The wreck occurred just before 8:30 a.m. between Eufaula and Baker Hill, approximately one mile past the Eufaula City Limits. While details of the wreck were