Articles tagged with fatal

Mon, May 14, 2012

Man pardoned by Mississippi's Barbour charged in fatal crash

By Emily Le Coz

TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - A convicted drunk driver pardoned by former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour in January has been charged with ...

Wed, May 09, 2012

Settlement reached in fatal Philadelphia boat crash suit

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A civil lawsuit over the deaths of two students in a 2010 Philadelphia Duck Boat crash was settled on Wednesday with an ...

Mon, May 07, 2012

Video of California homeless man's fatal beating by police shown in court

By Tori Richards

SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) - Spectators in a California courtroom gasped on Monday at a video tape showing a schizophrenic homeless man ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

Crane owner acquitted in fatal Manhattan accident

By Joseph Ax

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan state judge on Thursday acquitted a construction company owner of manslaughter for a crane collapse that ...

Fri, April 20, 2012

Three arrested after fatal shooting at Texas cockfighting ring

By Jared Taylor

EDINBURG, Texas (Reuters) - Three people in Texas were arrested and charged with operating a cockfighting ring, a local sheriff said on ...

Fri, April 20, 2012

Fatal Rollover Accident In Bayfield County

WASHBURN, WI (KDAL) - Thursday afternoon, the Bayfield County Sheriff's Department received a report of a one vehicle rollover on the Hautala Road in ...

Tue, April 03, 2012

U.S. woman, 80, lands plane after husband's fatal collapse

(Reuters) - An 80-year-old woman with no flying experience took over the controls after her pilot husband's fatal collapse, landing their twin-engine plane as ...

Sun, March 18, 2012

FBI monitoring fatal Florida shooting case, as police criticized

(Reuters) - Federal authorities said on Sunday they were in contact with local police investigating the killing of a black teenager last month by a ...

Sat, March 10, 2012

Company faces $500,000 fine in fatal 2007 mine collapse

By James Nelson

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - The owner of a Utah mine where six workers and three rescuers died following a 2007 collapse ...

Fri, January 20, 2012

Duluth Man Arrested For Fatal Crash

DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - A 19 year old Duluth man has been arrested after the pickup truck he was driving crossed the center line on ...

Thu, December 29, 2011

Statins tied to lower risk of fatal prostate cancer

By Genevra Pittman

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study of middle-aged New Jersey men, taking cholesterol-lowering drugs was linked to a lower ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

Police identify gunman in Virginia Tech murder-suicide

By Rick Rothacker

BLACKSBURG, Virginia (Reuters) - The man who shot dead a campus police officer at Virginia Tech on Thursday before killing himself was ...

Tue, November 15, 2011

Close opened young Theron up to sex in Fatal Attraction

The Monster star personally thanked the Hollywood veteran during a recent Actress Roundtable staged by industry magazine The Hollywood Reporter, revealing that she had ...

Tue, October 04, 2011

Arizona dust storm triggers fatal traffic pile-up

By Brad Poole

TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - A dust storm in Arizona cut visibility to zero along Interstate 10 between Tucson and Phoenix on Tuesday ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Yellowstone euthanizes grizzly linked to two fatal maulings

By Ruffin Prevost

CODY, Wyo (Reuters) - A mother grizzly previously allowed to roam free after killing a hiker in Yellowstone National Park in July ...

Sat, October 01, 2011

High school marching band members injured in fatal crash

NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - The driver of a sport utility vehicle was killed Saturday in a crash with a school bus, which also injured nine ...

Mon, August 29, 2011

Prosecution for fatal grizzly shooting sparks debate

By Laura Zuckerman

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - An Idaho man accused by the U.S. government of illegally shooting and killing a federally protected grizzly ...

Mon, August 15, 2011

Carlton County Fatal

(Cloquet, MN)  --  A single vehicle accident claimed the life of a Cloquet man early this morning. The Carlton County Sheriff's Office says a ...

Mon, August 08, 2011

Fatal Bayfield County ATV Crash

WASHBURN, WI (KDAL) - The Bayfield County Sheriff's Department says a 31 year old man was killed in an ATV crash on Saturday afternoon ...

Mon, August 01, 2011

Tugboat pilot pleads guilty in fatal Ride the Duck crash

By Dave Warner

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A tugboat pilot in a tearful court appearance pleaded guilty on Monday to a single criminal charge in the ...

Mon, July 18, 2011

Tire blowout eyed in latest fatal tour bus crash

By Dan Wiessner

HUDSON, New York (Reuters) - A bus carrying Indian tourists on a sightseeing trip to Niagara Falls blew a tire, spun out ...

Mon, July 18, 2011

Tire blowout eyed in latest fatal New York tour bus crash

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A tire blowout might have caused the weekend crash of a tour bus near Rochester, New York, that killed two people ...

Fri, July 08, 2011

Grizzly roams free after fatal Yellowstone mauling

By Ruffin Prevost

CODY, Wyoming (Reuters) - The female grizzly bear that attacked and killed a hiker when apparently startled with two cubs will be ...

Thu, July 07, 2011

Mother grizzly roams free in Yellowstone after fatal attack

CODY, Wyo (Reuters) - A female grizzly bear that attacked and killed a hiker who inadvertently surprised the animal with its cubs in Yellowstone National ...

Fri, June 03, 2011

Probes launched into fatal blast at Chevron refinery

By Tom Bergin and Olesya Dmitracova

LONDON (Reuters) - Safety experts Friday launched an investigation into an explosion that killed four people and seriously injured ...

Tue, May 24, 2011

Fatal bat disease confirmed in all New England with Maine find

By Zach Howard

BUCKLAND, Mass (Reuters) - White nose syndrome, a devastating disease that has killed more than one million bats in the Northeast, has ...

Wed, April 27, 2011

Fatal Carlton County Crash

(KDAL) - One person was killed in a head-on crash in Carlton County Tuesday night.  The Minnesota State Patrol says one of the vehicles involved ...

Sun, April 03, 2011

Third fatal Northeast bus accident in less than a month

CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - One man died and another was critically injured after both fell out of the window of a moving tour bus in ...

Fri, March 25, 2011

Fatal blast when worker uses lighter to peer into flammable drum

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (Reuters) - A worker died in a fiery explosion at a Massachusetts car dealership after he apparently used a cigarette lighter to illuminate ...

Tue, February 15, 2011

U.S. to probe fatal police shooting of football player

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Department of Justice will investigate possible civil rights violations by police who fatally shot a Pace University football player during ...

Mon, February 14, 2011

Cracked Gas Pipe May Have Triggered Fatal Allentown blast

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A crack in a 12-inch gas main is the likely cause of an explosion that killed five people in Allentown last week ...

Sat, January 15, 2011

New Jersey police hunt suspect in officer's fatal shooting

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A manhunt was underway on Saturday in New Jersey for a suspect who fatally shot a police officer during what authorities ...

Mon, December 06, 2010

Fatal Crash In Proctor

One person was killed when a semi tipped over on a car at the intersection of Highway 2 and 2nd Avenue in Proctor.  The ...

Mon, November 01, 2010

Victim Of Clara City Fatal Crash IDed

(Clara City, MN)  --  A 19-year-old from Kerkhoven is identified as the victim of a fatal two-vehicle crash in western Minnesota Sunday night. The State ...

Mon, October 04, 2010

Fatal Five-Vehicle Crash In Clearwater

(Clearwater, MN)  --  Westbound lanes of Interstate 94 near the Clearwater exit are back to normal following a major crash that killed two people yesterday ...

Thu, September 30, 2010

Investigation Underway Into DeWitt Twp. Fatal Fire

LANSING, Mich (WQTX)  An investigation continues into a fatal fire in Dewitt Township.  The blaze began around 6-30 yesterday morning along Turner Road.  Killed ...

Mon, September 27, 2010

Fatal Shooting In St. Paul

(St. Paul, MN)  --  One man is dead and another is injured following a shooting in St. Paul early Sunday morning.  It happened on Oakley ...

Thu, September 16, 2010

New Trial In Fatal Train/Car Crash

(St. Paul, MN)  --  The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled the case that resulted in a 21-million-dollar jury verdict against Burlington Northern Santa Fe ...

Thu, September 16, 2010

Searching For Bike Involved In Fatal Accident

(Faribault, MN)  --  Police in southern Minnesota are asking for the public's help in locating a stolen bicycle -- an important piece of evidence in ...

Tue, September 14, 2010

Student's Fatal Fall Thought To be Accident

(Fountain City, WI)  --  Authorities in western Wisconsin think the death of a Winona College student late Sunday was an accident.  The body of 18-year-old ...

Tue, September 07, 2010

Motorcyclist Identified After Fatal Crash

(Big Lake Township, MN)  --  The motorcyclist who died in a central Minnesota crash has been identified as 59-year old Thomas Gardas of Idaho Springs ...

Mon, September 06, 2010

Fatal Accident Near Euclid

(Euclid, MN)  --  An East Grand Forks man was killed in a Saturday afternoon crash when he went through a stop sign and his vehicle ...

Sat, September 04, 2010

I-D Released In Wabasha County Fatal Crash

(Wabasha, MN)  --  Authorities have released the name of the driver killed early today when his car collided head-on with another in Wabasha County in ...

Fri, August 27, 2010

Sentencing Today For Accomplice In Fatal Officer Shooting

(St. Paul, MN)  --  This is sentencing day for a St. Paul man involved in the fatal shooting of a Maplewood police officer last spring ...

Fri, August 20, 2010

Celebrity surgeon 'was tweeting before fatal car crash'

The surgeon, who had worked on a series of stars including Heidi Montag, Janice Dickinson and Gene Simmons, died after his vehicle crashed down ...

Wed, August 18, 2010

Man Charged In Fatal Crash Suspended

(Anoka County, MN)  --  Criminal vehicular homicide charges have been suspended against a 43-year-old man injured in a fatal crash last year.  A judge ruled ...

Wed, August 11, 2010

Stem cells may hold key for fatal skin disease

By Gene Emery

BOSTON (Reuters) - High-risk bone marrow transplants partially cured five children with a potentially deadly genetic defect in which proteins that hold ...

Tue, August 10, 2010

Police Search For Suspect In Fatal Intentional Hit-And-Run

(St. Paul, MN)  --  St. Paul police continue to search for the driver in a deadly hit and run over the weekend.  Fifty-five-year-old Danny Elwin ...

Mon, August 09, 2010

Man Accused of Fatal Boat Accident Will Stand Trial

FREMONT, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Fremont man accused of killing his friend in a 2005 boat crash will stand trial. 

Todd Frisbie is accused of ...

Wed, August 04, 2010

Fatal Shooting

(Minneapolis, MN)  --  Authorities are investigating yet another deadly shooting in Minneapolis.  Police say a man was fatally shot just before 7 p.m. in ...

Tue, August 03, 2010

Fatal Crash In Roseau County

(Enstrom Township, MN) --  Roseau County Sheriff's officials are investigating a fatal crash involving a van and a semi truck in Enstrom Township in ...

Fri, July 30, 2010

ATV Fatal

(Holyoke Township, MN)  --  The driver of an ATV is dead after he swerved to miss a deer in northeastern Minnesota Thursday morning.  The Carlton ...

Wed, July 28, 2010

Teens Arrested In Connection To Fatal Gang Initiation

(Minneapolis, MN)  --  Two 16-year-old boys are facing murder charges for a deadly "gang initiation."  Three boys are accused of brutally beating 17-year-old James Grant ...

Mon, July 12, 2010

Fatal Minneapolis Shooting Outside Bar

(Minneapolis, MN)  --  A man was shot and killed early Sunday morning outside a Minneapolis bar.  Responding officers found the victim outside of Grumpy's ...

Thu, July 08, 2010

Investigation Continues After Officer-Involved Fatal Shooting

(Cottage Grove, MN)  --  The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating an officer-involved fatal shooting in Cottage Grove last night.  BCA spokesman Doug Neville ...

Thu, July 08, 2010

Patrol Releases Video Of Officer-Involved Fatal Shooting

(St. Paul, MN)  --  The Minnesota State Patrol has released video and audio from an officer-involved shooting that claimed the life of a St. Louis ...

Fri, May 28, 2010

Bayfield County Fatal Crash

The Bayfield County Sheriff's Department was called to the scene of a two vehicle accident early Thursday morning.  One man was reported dead ...

Tue, May 25, 2010

Bees Attack During Fatal Lakeville Crash On I-35

(Lakeville, MN)  --  Hundreds of bees made it difficult for emergency responders to get to the victims in a deadly crash on Interstate 35 in ...

Tue, April 27, 2010

More Fatal Accidents: Three Dead In Dakota County

(Vermillion Township, MN)  --  There's a little more information out on Minnesota's latest deadly vehicle crash -- this one in Dakota County.  Three people ...

Wed, April 21, 2010

Fatal Fire In Rice Lake Township

A 56 year old woman is dead following a Rice Lake Township house fire Wednesday morning.  Several area fire departments provided mutual aid to ...

Mon, April 19, 2010

No single reason for Georgian luger's fatal crash: FIL

By Karolos Grohmann

BERLIN (Reuters) - The death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, killed during a training run at the Vancouver Olympics, was not caused ...

Tue, April 06, 2010

Israel faults troops in two fatal W.Bank incidents

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Unnecessary intervention by Israeli troops in a West Bank protest last month resulted in the deaths of two Palestinian youths, according to ...

Mon, March 15, 2010

Screening for rare fatal disease too costly: study

By Frederik Joelving

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Screening all pregnant women for a rare but fatal genetic disease is too expensive, researchers say in ...

Mon, March 15, 2010

Screening for rare fatal disease too costly: study

By Frederik Joelving

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Screening all pregnant women for a rare but fatal genetic disease is too expensive, researchers say in ...

Mon, February 22, 2010

Fatal Snowmobile Crash

(New Germany, MN)  --  Carver County authorities are investigating a fatal snowmobile crash near New Germany Saturday night.  When authorities got to the scene they ...

Sat, February 13, 2010

Men's start switched after fatal crash

By Alan Baldwin

WHISTLER (Reuters) - The Olympic men's luge competition will run from the lower women's start as an extra precaution after ...

Wed, November 11, 2009

WATCH: WMU's Brandon West will play this Saturday despite losing his younger brother to a fatal gunshot

KALAMAZOO--WMU's senior running back Brandon West spoke exclusively with WKZO's Emily Wolfram after losing his 21-year-old brother to a fatal gun shot ...

Wed, September 30, 2009

"Pulp Fiction" screenwriter jailed for fatal crash