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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Las Cruces police said the driver was trying to park her and stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake
Dodge Center Ambulance personnel responded to a collapse at the Con-Tech plant
A two-year-old boy died after a gust of wind sent the bounce house airborne
Four officers were killed and four others were wounded while trying to capture a man who was wanted for possession of a firearm by an ex-felon
An oversized load fell off a trailer and onto a vehicle in Temple, killing two people
Former paramedic Jeremy Cooper faced up to three years in prison after being found guilty of criminally negligent homicide
Regardless of pushback, providers have a responsibility to put the safety of the patient above all else when on scene
EMT Chastian McWhorter, 26, was killed on April 1 after the ambulance he was in crashed into a semi-truck
Paramedics placed a backboard on the victim and an officer sat on it while they tried to restrain him
The NYPD said the Florida man took out pamphlets espousing conspiracy theories, then doused himself in an accelerant
Deputy Alfredo Flores was one of two burned in a fire inside a mobile shooting range in October
Two children were killed when a suspected drunk driver crashed into the Berlin Township building where the party was hosted
Independent autopsy of Jameek Lowery counters the state’s cause of death due to cardiac arrest while under the influence of bath salts
The California Highway Patrol said Recruit Jacob Fuerte was in an earlier collision before exiting his vehicle and was not in a hit-and-run incident
LAFD paramedics, USAR team worked to lift the forklift off the worker
Jacob Fuerte was on his way to training when he stopped to help at a vehicle crash
Coroner’s report states Reginal Payne suffered cardiac arrest after being restrained face down, in the prone position
Two Newport News firefighters were terminated after an investigation found they ignored protocols
Data shows Oregon has the highest rate of death per 100,000 people
Portland man was trapped overnight when the equipment to hold the stump failed
Rialto firefighters stated they were following COVID-19 guidelines when they refused to enter as a patient was in cardiac arrest
A section of a crane from a Fort Lauderdale high-rise fell onto a bridge striking two vehicles
The DeLand Police Department said the two slammed into each other resulting in “a hard landing”
Officials say the decline comes even as more people are driving
An argument escalated into gunfire inside a Nashville restaurant
The jury found that Matthew Plote, a former Illinois volunteer firefighter, killed Melissa Lamesch before setting her house on fire
A man died and a woman was injured when their vehicle went off an 80-foot cliff
LAFD USAR members worked to lift the forklift off the worker
The man struck by a Millerburg EMS vehicle was walking in the street at 5:00 a.m.
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