Posts Tagged ‘fatal’

Days of rain turn into fatal East Coast flooding (AP)

Mario Ortiz, walks through floodwaters next to his home Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Widespread flooding brought on by the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee was being blamed for two deaths in Pennsylvania, where inundated communities were evacuated and state offices closed down on Thursday because of the rising waters. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP – Days of rainfall from what had been Tropical Storm Lee inundated a wide portion of Pennsylvania and other northeastern states Thursday, pouring into basements and low-lying homes and forcing tens of thousands of people to seek higher ground. At least seven were left dead.


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Six cops suspended amid allegations of fatal beating of homeless, mentally-ill man: VIDEO

Six police officers in California were placed on leave Wednesday after surveillance video surfaced showing witnesses describe how cops fatally beat a mentally ill homeless man.

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Rangers players offered counseling after fatal fan fall

A veteran Texas firefighter plunged headfirst to his death from the stands at Rangers Ballpark while trying to snare a baseball tossed by American League MVP Josh Hamilton.

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Seattle nurse takes own life after accidentally giving baby fatal overdose

Two tragedies were set in motion when a respected Seattle nurse named Kimberly Hiatt accidentally gave an overdose of medication to a doomed baby.

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Fatal Va. bus crash shines light on driver fatigue (AP)

FILE  In this  May 31, 2011 file photo rescue personnel work on bus that overturned in Bowling Green, Va.    Prosecutors have charged Cheung, 37, of Flushing, N.Y., with four counts of involuntary manslaughter. But sleep scientists, safety advocates and labor leaders say the roots of the accident lie with an industry whose economic model often results in drivers on the road with too little rest and at hours when their bodies naturally crave sleep.  (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)AP – Energy drinks, coffee and even talking on his cell phone weren’t enough to keep bus driver Kin Yiu Cheung awake after a night on the road.


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Hot plate started fatal Brooklyn blaze

As many as 10 people were renting rooms in an illegal Brooklyn boarding house where two men died in a raging inferno – one by plunging out of a window after a ladder was too short to reach him, residents said.

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Pipe ‘imperfection’ found after fatal blast in Pa. (AP)

** CORRECTS DATE TO FEB. 9 ** In this Feb. 9, 2011 photo, emergency crews respond to a massive explosion in a residential neighborhood of downtown Allentown, Pa. The natural gas explosion in Allentown killed at least one person, leveled two houses, spawned fires that burned for more than seven hours and prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people. At least five others were unaccounted for Thursday. (AP Photo/Express-Times, Chris Post) NO SALESAP – Investigators looking into the cause of a gas explosion that killed five people in Allentown, Pa., last week are focusing on an “imperfection” in a pipe near the blast site.


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