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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Attorney Sheila Hiestand said use of an AED was delayed due to it being previously removed from the training room
Preliminary toxicology tests show Alton Banks had fentanyl in his system when he collapsed and died at his home
Frank Echevarria, 52, worked for Cumberland County EMS and spent 30 years as both a firefighter and paramedic
Police said the incident occurred when a vehicle collided with a group of motorcyclists
Some search and rescue team members were already near the swimming hole after getting a call to help someone who had suffered a bad allergic reaction
Officers found the child in the car and began giving him CPR, but he died a short time after arriving at the hospital
9-year-old son was inside an SUV when someone inside a car pulled up and shot the boy and a 31-year-old man
Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. David Jenkins said the blaze at the Marco Polo apartments spread from at least up to the 28th floor and hit several units
The traffic death was the second fatality on I-75 in Marion County in less than 12 hours
Zachary Ross, 21, was charged in September with drug delivery resulting in death and several other offenses
One of the victims wasn’t discovered until authorities were clearing the wreckage
An arrest affidavit said Lakesha Lewis, 28, and her mother, Callene Barton, 58, have each been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Xavier Mokarzel-Satchel
Deputies attempted lifesaving efforts until EMS arrived
Two surviving children showed signs of neglect, malnutrition and possible abuse, with visible bruising and cuts
Firefighters tried to put out the fire at the main crash site but withdrew after an explosion forced them back
One caller told a dispatcher: “There’s a whole lot of people here shot”
Clarence Wilburn II’s disease was thought to be a result of breathing the dust, smoke and ash at Ground Zero
Noah Inman was playing basketball when he suddenly fell to the ground
The pregnant woman said she lost her baby after being shot in the leg
Matthew Bashaw, 27, was vacationing with friends at the Colorado River in Arizona when he died
The temperature-monitoring device would alert parents by phone or text
An EMT, mechanic and critical care technician were killed
Authorities said the child was submerged in “murky, opaque” water for an unknown amount of time
A family member wasn’t aware the 7-week-old’s mother had placed the baby in a car seat after church
A motive wasn’t immediately known and the children’s ages weren’t immediately available
The 47-minute clip shows smoke and dust rising from the craft as it spins down the runway then zooms in as passengers slide down emergency chutes
Mohamad and Fadma Boudriss say staffers at the Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg responded slowly last July when their son Yassin was discovered floating in the Crystal Pool’s shallow end
Fire crews initiated a full water rescue, sending a boat and helicopter as well as ground crews to the scene
Dr. Henry Bello warned his colleagues when he was forced out in 2015 that he would return someday to kill them
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