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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A brother and sister are recovering after the gas from a generator permeated the trailer where they were living
At least three people on board died when the jet crashed into one home, setting it and two others on fire
2003 fire in West Warwick from rock band pyrotechnics killed 100, injured 200
Lifeguards pulled him from the water off Huntington Beach and performed CPR, but he died at a hospital
They did not alert responders to a house fire that a man at the home threatened to shoot arriving law enforcement; a deputy was killed and one wounded before the man was killed
Emergency workers evacuated nearly 40 residents from the neighborhood as a nearby home exploded, killing an 86-year-old woman inside
He was in his car when three teens who were arrested began beating it and him; he was injured in his head, abdomen, face and mouth and pronounced dead at a hospital
She was pronounced dead after a car ran a light light and triggered a five-vehicle crash
He died from a rare injury of vertebral artery dissection, which resulted in severe bleeding on his brain; there are only 100 documented cases
He was targeting his “girlfriend or ex-girlfriend,” who was a seasonal employee at the department store
The plane was diverted after an Ala. man suffered a heart attack on a Delta flight; a doctor on board had been tending to him
He fired more than 100 rounds, many near Austin’s crowded entertainment district, and was shot by a sergeant outside police headquarters
They’re using side-scan sonar and cold water divers for the recovery effort after the three went missing on a fishing trip
He called out to his partner who found him clutching his chest; he was transported to a local hospital but responders weren’t able to revive him
She was charged with involuntary manslaughter after an inmate she was caring for died
The bus went down an embankment and overturned after striking a restaurant overhang earlier; driver fatigue is expected
Despite efforts to revive the 2-year-old boy and his 6-year-old sister, they were pronounced dead at a hospital
Man became agitated over treatment and drew a handgun from his waistband in the deadly November 3 shooting
The alumnus shot three people before being killed by police; two are hospitalized and one has been released
He was charged with negligent homicide for allegedly running a red light in a 2012 collision that killed an elderly woman
Three of the deaths were heart attacks attacks; two others were also killed in N.H. and Mich. and another storm is on the way
The pilot was killed, but a couple sleeping just inches away were spared after the plane slammed into their living room
He was sentenced after pleading guilty to two counts of aggravated manslaughter for the 2012 accident that killed an EMT and a patient
A fifth worker has been hospitalized after methyl mercaptan, used to create insecticides, began leaking from a valve
The train lost power when he was struck by an electrified wire outside the station
Medics transported the children, ages 9 and 3, to the hospital where they were pronounced dead
Paramedics transported the child to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries
The surviving woman was transported to a hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation and injuries sustained during her attempts to save the others
The man stepped out in the middle of the four-lane road in front of the fire truck; the driver of the rig will not be charged
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