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The Utah Highway Patrol says a Ford Excursion plunged into the gap, and the adult male driver was hospitalized in serious condition
Eric Brimlow, 27, of Syracuse, N.Y., was visiting Crater Lake Monday morning, when he left the path and stairs leading down to the Sinnott Memorial Overlook
Six people on the train — four passengers and two crew members — suffered injuries
Police say 57-year-old Katie Miller was riding the bike through an International House of Pancakes parking lot in North Plainfield when she was hit Monday
By late Monday afternoon, rescue teams had finished searching the twisted coaches for victims and survivors and the repair work had begun amid pouring rain
The teen was trying to break down fireworks he had purchased so he could turn them into larger fireworks
The single-engine plane skidded about 50 to 75 yards across the lot next to Watsonville Community Hospital before hitting the front of the building
A group of hikers nearby heard the victim’s wife crying out for help, and used a cell phone to call 911
Officials said sniffer dogs and cameras were being used to search for anybody else still trapped in the stadium
“It hurts,” firefighter-paramedic Amy Mack later recalled the girl telling her. “I don’t want to drown.”
Vehicle went off the road and crashed in a wooded area
Experiences of disaster can weigh heavily on responders, as each encounter with a victim or survivor brings fresh doses of sorrow and horror
Strike resulted in moderate injuries to two people and minor injuries to three others
Troopers say man would have likely survived if he had been wearing a helmet
At least 39 people went to hospitals after the storm toppled hundreds of trees and left several thousand utility customers without power
A 4-year-old girl broke her leg and several others were airlifted to hospitals
Coast Guard pulled woman from water before ambulance crew took her to a nearby hospital
Three EMTs and a nurse who treated defendant all testified that he was coherent, and showed no signs of having lost a significant quantity of blood
The ambulance struck a Chevrolet Corsica head-on when the Corsica veered into the wrong lane, killing the Corsica’s driver and a passenger and injuring four others
Crash injured nearly two dozen people and closing the northbound highway lanes for hours
Twenty-two of the 56 passengers on board reported minor or moderate injuries
A 90-year-old woman visiting a relative at a San Jose nursing home accidentally crashed her car into an exercise room
He helped a man with a gushing head wound away from the train and assisted a little boy in search of his mother.
A number of people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries
Eight people on the bus had minor injuries while the female driver of the car was airlifted to a Las Vegas hospital with serious injuries
Crash occured after a disoriented 91-year-old man hit the gas in his car instead of the brake
Responder says that four of the victims were flown to Sanpete Valley Hospital and the pilot was transported by ambulance
Chief says LAPD has “an abundance” of evidence tying Giovanni Ramirez to beating
Giovanni Ramirez, suspected of brutal beating after Dodgers game in March, remains in custody on a parole hold
Giovanni Ramirez, 31, who was arrested Sunday, is suspected of leading the March 31 attack against Bryan Stow, a 42-year-old paramedic