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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Gregory Light was off duty at the time; he worked as a firefighter for 27 years and helped train EMTs and paramedics
The ambulance and semi truck collided on a highway; their names have not yet been released
The dead include a 20-year-old man and a teenage girl; it’s unknown how many were taken to a local hospital
The medics suffered serious injuries; the driver of the car that hit the ambulance was pronounced dead at the scene
A 75-year-old man died while waiting to be airlifted to a trauma center after an explosion at the fireworks plant
An ambulance was transporting Jessie Lucear, 72, when it was T-boned by a car that ran a red light
Out of the 16 units on duty, only one was not on a call, but it was 4.5 miles away and took 13 minutes to respond
They jumped into the open-pit toilet but were unable to breathe and lost consciousness
She was armed with a knife and the sheriff’s deputy said he feared for his life
Rescuers heard people shouting for help and are searching for those missing
Continuous ice fall and rock fall make the area too dangerous for rescuers
Responders were still on the scene Sunday morning; officials have not said what caused the crash
After falling through the windshield of a moving truck, the 24-year-old was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead
It’s believed to have been set by a man with dementia
All that was left of some of the eight vehicles were charred hunks of nearly indiscernible metal after almost zero visibility led to a chain reaction of rear-end collisions
Medics also treated seven more who were wounded
Police say she was drunk and speeding when her car crossed the center line
The coroner is investigating the death of Steve Phillips, 50, who died in the back of an ambulance after his partner tried to save his life
The worker died in the back of an ambulance after transporting a patient; life-saving efforts performed by the partner were unsuccessful
The bus overturned after a tractor-trailer spilled a load of steel pipes onto the highway
A tractor-trailer plowed into several vehicles that were slowing or stopped
From April 2013 to March 31, the mine was cited for 192 safety violations, including 33 for high or reckless disregard for miners’ health and safety
Two University of Richmond basketball coaches and the pilot of the balloon died after it drifted into a power line and burst into flames
Police speculate that a medical condition caused Charles Glass, 65, to lose consciousness while behind the wheel
A four-month-old baby girl died of respiratory arrest after agents held up the ambulance for 30 minutes in search for drugs that were never found
He was trying to fly close to the ground to cut a ribbon with a knife attached to the plane; he skidded 50 feet upside-down on the runway in a fiery crash
The motorcyclists struck a vehicle that had been pushed into their lane; the injured rider is in the hospital with an unknown condition
One Florida woman died when she drove her car into high water, officials said
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