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One Dead in School Bus Rollover in Illinois

25 students on bus, but only minor injuries reported

(Newser) - A school bus rollover in northern Illinois this morning has killed the driver of one car involved in the accident, reports the Chicago Sun-Times . There were approximately 25 elementary school students on the bus at the time of the accident, and most were taken to nearby hospitals, though their injuries...

1 Dead, 3 Hurt in Accident at US Nuke Plant

Heavy piece of machinery falls in Arkansas facility

(Newser) - One worker died and three others were injured this morning when a heavy piece of equipment fell on them at an Arkansas nuclear plant, officials said. The workers were moving the equipment from the turbine building at an Entergy Arkansas plant in Russellville, about 70 miles northwest of Little Rock....

Pilot Ejected From Airplane by Mistake

Student wasn't wearing a seat belt when aircraft nose-dived

(Newser) - Freak accident in Tennessee: A student pilot was ejected from his plane during a lesson and fell about 2,500 feet to his death, NBC News reports. The man, as yet unidentified, flew out of the plane during a malfunction yesterday because he wasn't wearing a seat belt. Neither...

Boy Keeps Fallen Dad Alive for a Week

But Bienvenu Asumani died yesterday, 2 days after he was taken to hospital

(Newser) - A 10-year-old boy cared for and kept his father alive for more than a week after the man slipped on a wet floor in their Nebraska home, struck his head, and became unresponsive. Peter Asumani told a police investigator that he fed his father, 45-year-old Bienvenu Asumani, and gave him...

Ex-Beauty Queen Recovers After Skull Kept in Her Abdomen

Jamie Hilton was shocked to find the bulge in her side

(Newser) - Doctors gave Jamie Hilton only a 50/50 chance to live after she fell into a culvert on a fishing trip and badly damaged her brain. The only option, they said, was to remove about a quarter of her skull to let her swelling brain expand—and keep the skull fragment...

Grenade Blows in Inventory Check, Kills 25 Turkish Soldiers

Dropped explosive triggers massive blast

(Newser) - A routine stock check at a Turkish ammunition depot turned deadly last night, after an accidentally dropped hand grenade triggered an explosion and blaze that killed 25 soldiers. Four other soldiers were injured in the blast, which lit up the night sky with flames and shattered windows in the homes...

Falling Window Kills London Woman

She'd been eating her lunch: witness

(Newser) - In a tragic accident, a London woman was killed yesterday when a pair of wooden window frames fell on her, crushing her. Paramedics tried to help, but pronounced the woman, believed to be in her 20s, dead at the scene. "She was just passing and then she was suddenly...

Pickup Crashes in Texas, Killing 13 of 23 Riders

Truck was jammed with riders in cab and bed

(Newser) - Tragedy in Texas, where at least 13 people are dead and 10 injured after a pickup truck carrying 23 passengers—crammed into both the cab and the bed—ran into two large trees. "This is the most people I've seen in any passenger vehicle, and I've been...

Family Friend Ran Over Usher Stepson
 Family Friend 
 Ran Over 
 Usher Stepson 
say cops
Jul 10, 2012 10:46 AM CDT

Family Friend Ran Over Usher Stepson

Police investigating jet ski accident involving Kyle Glover

(Newser) - It was a family friend who allegedly ran over Usher's stepson Kyle Glover with a jet ski, leaving him brain dead, authorities say. Jeffrey S. Hubbard is now under investigation for the Friday incident in Georgia, an official tells the New York Daily News , noting that alcohol was not...

Transformers Extra Who Lost Part of Head Gets $18.5M

Gabriella Cedillo suffered permanent brain impairment

(Newser) - A horrific accident on the Transformers 3 set left extra Gabriella Cedillo, then 24, without "about a third of the top of her head," according to her attorney; now she has settled for $18.5 million. "She will be taken care of. I wouldn't have resolved...

Grand Canyon Bride Dies in 300-Foot Fall

Ioana Hociota aimed to hike entire canyon

(Newser) - A young woman married at the Grand Canyon fell 300 feet to her death at the giant chasm. Experienced hiker Ioana Hociota, 24, likely plunged as a rock gave way beneath her as she was attempting to become the youngest person ever to hike across the entire canyon. "It'...

Man Dies Under 20-Foot Mound of Pinto Beans

Rescuers couldn't reach Raymond Segura Jr alive

(Newser) - Today's Horrible Way to Die : A 56-year-old man was buried yesterday under 20 feet of pinto beans at the warehouse where he had worked for more than 12 years. For an hour, dozens of rescue workers "moved several tons of beans to get to him," says an...

Pastor's Daughter Accidentally Shot in Head at Church

Moises Zambrana was showing gun to Hannah Kelley's boyfriend

(Newser) - A Florida pastor's daughter is in critical condition after being accidentally shot in the head after church services yesterday. Church member Moises Zambrana was showing a 9mm handgun to two other men in a closet (ostensibly for safety?) at Grace Connection Church. But it accidentally went off as Zambrana...

Model Hit by Propeller Loses Eye
Model Hit by Propeller
Loses Eye
Dec 16, 2011 2:30 AM CST

Model Hit by Propeller Loses Eye

More tragedy after horrific accident

(Newser) - The blogger model who lost her left hand after accidentally stepping into the propeller of a plane has now also lost her left eye. The family of Lauren Scruggs, 23, said they prayed in vain this week that the eye could be saved. “Along with the pain she was...

Model Talking After Propeller Accident

Lauren Scruggs making progress, parents say

(Newser) - Lauren Scruggs, the model who suffered horrific injuries when she walked into the propeller of a small plane , is making good progress after undergoing several surgeries, her parents tell ABC . "She didn't speak right away," her father says. "I said 'Lauren will you say hi...

Model Walks Into Propeller, Loses Hand

LOLO blogger Lauren Scruggs, 23, severely injured in accident

(Newser) - A young blogger and model returning from an aerial Christmas-lights tour walked into the small plane's propeller, which severely slashed her face, arm, and hand. Lauren Scruggs' left hand was amputated at a local Dallas hospital, and the 23-year-old model has undergone several other surgeries since the accident. Scruggs...

7 Dead, 51 Hurt in 'Horrific' Crash

'Massive fireball' envelopes 34-vehicle pileup

(Newser) - A grisly multi-car pileup killed at least seven people and injured 51 today on the M5 freeway in southwestern England, the Daily Mail reports. Enveloped in a dark fog, 30 cars and four trucks collided on the wet roadway and triggered a "massive fireball," police say. Motorists tried...

Groom Dies in Accident Just Hours After Wedding

A truly tragic ending to a joyous day

(Newser) - Just hours after celebrating his wedding, Nicholas Hoag was dead. The 25-year-old was the passenger on his brother’s ATV around 11:30pm Saturday night when it crashed into a tree, overturned, and pinned him to the ground. His wedding reception had been held that night at a nearby inn...

Good Samaritans Heave Car Off Hurt Man

Motorcyclist in critical condition

(Newser) - Here's a video of heroism and horror. Below, you'll see a group of bystanders rush to lift a burning car while police officers and other bystanders pull the limp body of a motorcycle driver from beneath it. The incident occurred just before noon yesterday in Utah, the Salt ...

Explosion Rocks Nuclear Waste Site in France

At least one dead, three injured

(Newser) - An explosion hit the Marcoule nuclear plant in southern France today, killing at least one person and injuring three others, the BBC reports. The site handles nuclear waste and recycles plutonium from nuclear weapons into MOX fuel, but does not include any reactors. The explosion occurred near a furnace, but...

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