Fatal Incidents
The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders’ job.
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A cash-strapped Calif. hospital specializing in heart health stopped its emergency ambulance services, and family members say Booker Williams died because paramedics couldn’t bring him there
His family reported him missing after they were swimming in Lake Marion on Friday
The 16-year-old was pinned between two concrete structures and pronounced dead on the scene
Andraes Lee Wagner, 31, was killed when his vehicle hit a tree
Medics found him inside a Jeep with his lower body exposed; he broke free as they tried to move him, drove off dragging the gurney, and crashed into a truck
The medic has been identified William Mallock; a second pilot and nurse survived the crash on the way back from dropping off a paitent
The ambulance drove off the exit ramp, hit a guardrail and rolled down an embankment
The driver died on the scene; two EMTs were treated for minor injuries
He was making a left-hand turn when he was hit by an ambulance; the incident is under investigation
Six people have been killed, including a family of four, when an SUV speeding from police struck another vehicle southeast of Houston
The woman died at the scene; at least two others were treated for injuries
The ambulance moved to avoid him as he was walking south on the shoulder of a highway, but he entered the highway and was struck in the northbound lane
The actor was found unresponsive in his Calif. home
She was listening to her iPod and didn’t hear the truck as it backed out of the garage; the driver was her sister who didn’t realize she was there
Two men face four counts of second-degree murder and conspiracy, as well as kidnapping, robbery, aggravated assault and sexual assault
Heavy rain caused the ambulance to go off the road overturn; two EMTs were also injured
It was China’s most serious industrial disaster since a fire at a poultry plant killed 119 people in June last year
When responders tried to rescue the driver, they were swarmed by bees and had to stay away
The lone 80-year-old passenger was killed and the pilot was injured when the single-engine plane went down
The dispatcher apparently didn’t understand that the victim had a gunshot wound
The biker was pinned under the tire of the ambulance and died on arrival at a local hospital
The dad and Army sergeant was killed at the scene of the emergency landing and his 9-year-old daughter died in the hospital after they were hit by debris
Firefighters believe lightning struck the ocean and spread through the water
Hung Yu-ting escaped through a hole in the fuselage; she used the phone at a nearby house to call her father
Richard Plotts will be charged with murder in the death of caseworker Barbara Hunt and other crimes
Two carjackers plowed into a group selling fruit as a fundraiser
A tree fell on couple’s tent and their 13-year-old son suffered life-threatening injuries; hospitals were treating more than two dozen patients as of Thursday afternoon
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