Florida officials said on Wednesday that a woman who was found in a freezer in December died from hypothermia. In addition to environmental hypothermia, the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner’s Office said ethanol was a contributing factor in the death of Dr. Massiell Garay Sanchez, 32. Sanchez is believed to have spent the night in a …
A Georgia father is warning about the dangers of abandoned buildings after his 19-year-old daughter fell to her death while exploring in Atlanta. According to FOX 5 Atlanta, 19-year-old Leah Palmirotto fell five stories from the abandoned building at Emory’s Briarcliff campus, at 1256 Briarcliff Road, early Friday morning. DeKalb County police reportedly said the …
A 90-year-old man was left seriously injured after driving into a building on Thanksgiving, California police said. Surveillance footage apparently showed the man speeding down a road before crashing into Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company. Los Gatos police said the man was hospitalized in serious but stable condition, according to KGO. “It is suspected alcohol may …
A North Carolina man found dead in a pond in August had accidentally drowned, Florida officials said. The Manatee County Medical Examiner also noted there were marks on Giovanni Pelletier, 18, that were “consistent with alligator scavenging.” Coroners also cited video footage, which they said showed Pelletier alone in the area where police found him …
A Georgia woman has been charged with driving under the influence after her husband, who was also drinking, fell out of a golf cart in Florida, hit his head on the sidewalk, and died. Port St. Lucie police said the incident took place shortly after 5 p.m. on Saturday while Cynthia Mackin, 62, and Daniel …
The death of a 6-year-old Mississippi girl who was found hours after she vanished on Sunday was an accident, officials said on Thursday. WDSU reported that Gracelynn Vick was discovered in a 58-gallon livestock food barrel about 50 feet from her family’s back door in Saucier. Though her exact cause of death remains undetermined, authorities …
A 5-year-old Michigan boy who was killed in a hyperbaric chamber last week has been identified. According to the Detroit Free Press, Thomas Cooper’s family said he was the boy who died in a hyperbaric chamber explosion at The Oxford Center in Troy. The Oxford Center provides treatment to children with various conditions, including autism, …
An investigation is underway in Michigan after a 5-year-old boy reportedly died on Friday when the hyperbaric chamber he was in exploded. The boy was in the hyperbaric chamber at a Troy medical facility when the explosion occurred. Responding firefighters found the pressurized device — which provides oxygen therapy to patients — on fire and the …
Members of the US figure skating team and their families, as well as Russian-born former world champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the American Airlines jet that collided with a US Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport Wednesday night. Shishkova and Naumov, who were married, had lived in the United States since the …
The passenger jet was carrying 64 people at the time of the midair collision in D.C.
Florida officials said a man was killed on Tuesday in a wood-chipper accident at a town hall. WPEC reported that the contracted tree trimming vendor with Carlton’s Tree Service was on a project at Ocean Ridge Town Hall and Police Department property when the accident occurred. The man, who has not been publicly identified, was …
