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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Within hours of the mudslide, emergency crews were searching for life in a post-apocalyptic scene, dodging chunks of splintered birch trunks, half-buried pickup trucks and growing pools of water
He pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head; people hid and frantically ran, but he made no move to harm anyone besides himself
Residents of the motel included Superstorm Sandy victims who were staying there because their homes remain uninhabitable
Lt. Kellene Davis is at the center of the investigation when, despite cries for help, nobody responded when Cecil Mills collapsed and died across the street from the firehouse
He gave CPR for 10 minutes before concluding nothing could be done to save the 7-year-old girl who died following an asthma attack
Her 15-year-old sister was also seriously injured when the van was struck by a semi-truck
A race volunteer and EMT in another city rushed over and didn’t feel a pulse; he’s concerned medics didn’t start CPR but they say she did have a pulse
The helicopter crashed and caught fire on top of at least three vehicles; one person was taken to a hospital in critical condition
The driver was trying to pass another vehicle and lost control; people who heard screams and saw flames gathered at a bridge above the horrific scene
Accidents involved at least 50 cars along a 2-mile stretch, as emergency workers stuck in traffic struggled to reach victims
The suspected drunk driver fleeing from police crashed through festival barricades and slammed into people outside a nightclub
Many called to report houses blowing up in front of them; 1 woman was killed in the powerful blast that damaged more than 50 homes
A CareFlite helicopter had to make a “precautionary landing” on the way to the hospital; she later died of her injuries
Officials are investigating how her car collided with the ambulance, which was not transporting a patient
A gas leak at a housing complex led to the explosion that killed a woman whose body was discovered on a car near the site
Responders at the scene started to feel nauseated, and a faulty pipe was blamed for the leak that killed a restaurant manager
It’s the 16th avalanche death nationwide so far this winter
He was discovered inside his truck at Harriman State Park where he was on duty snowplowing
He shot his wife and brought her to the hospital where she’s in stable condition, then put a gun to his head after four hours of negotiations
Three were also injured in the third deadly slide in the state in less than a week
The 6-pound, 6-ounce baby boy was delivered by c-section after a pregnant NY woman loading groceries into her car was struck and killed by a snowplow
The father was following his family in a separate vehicle when a motorist blew a stop sign at 60 mph and crashed into his wife and children
Teddy Hickman, 42, was sued in a wrongful-death lawsuit that claims he incorrectly placed an endotracheal tube in an 18-year-old college student
His vehicle left the road, went down an embankment and struck a wall
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