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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Ten years after the tragedy, a memorial was dedicated to the heroes who responded to the collapse that killed 14 people and injured 145
Minneapolis Fire Chief John Fruetel said the body was found in the rubble of a building that partially collapsed during the blast at the Minnehaha Academy
Chance Gallant, 20, died after a weapon discharged while his friends were trying to fix it
Officials are using the hashtag #HeatStrokeKills to spread the message about this preventable tragedy
Fire officials said the blaze was started accidentally by the lighter
Authorities said the plane left for a sunset flight and never returned
Firefighters said Josiah Riggins, 1, was the second Phoenix baby in two days to die in a hot car
Jacob Brooks was left by his mother in an enclosed trampoline in the backyard of the southeast El Paso home, where there were four dogs, according to police
“That plane nosedived straight into the ground. There’s a big black cloud. It just exploded,” one man told a dispatcher
Justin Yurong was driving down the highway when he collided with a motorhome
Five of the injured were in critical condition and the other two were in stable condition at area hospitals
A witness said the plane was like a “big black solid red ball of fire”
Authorities said the mother, who had just awakened, looked out the window and saw one of the boys floating in the pool
The El Paso Fire Department water rescue team recovered the bodies of a teenage boy and girl and an adult woman
Darnisha Rose said James Matthew Bradley Jr. claimed he had no idea how so many people came to be crammed inside his trailer
One of the parents called 911 and admitted the 2-year-old boy was left in the vehicle overnight
Authorities said an 81-year-old woman drove into a group of people and then into the building after stepping on the gas instead of the brakes
There have been at least 391 homicides this year, four more than last year when violence reached levels not seen in two decades
St. Paul police spokesman Steve Linders called the scene “horrific and surreal”
Authorities said the doctor wrote unnecessary prescriptions that contributed to the overdose deaths of at least seven people
Todd Middendorf, described as a “cornerstone” of the department, died unexpectedly while on vacation
The truck’s driver was arrested and all 28 survivors were taken to hospitals, where 20 were in extremely critical or serious condition
The boy’s father started CPR; he began breathing, but later died at a hospital
Battalion Chief Todd Middendorf, 46, was a member of the Carpentersville Fire Department for 23 years
Officials said members of an extended family who died in the flood had no warning about the approaching surge of water
Justine Damond called 911 after hearing what she thought was a sexual assault behind her home
The case has underscored how frighteningly prevalent fentanyl has become and how potent it is
The woman left her 1-year-old daughter in a hot car while she got her hair done at a salon
Joshua Salovich told police he beat the 3-year-old girl because “this was a tough world and she had to be tough if she wanted to survive”
Xavier Fleming, 25, and Nicholas Ivy, 32, allegedly robbed a Culver’s restaurant; Christ Kneubuehl was in the restaurant and suffered a heart attack