accidents
Man in Critical Condition After Queen Hosts Corgi Petting Party
Caity Weaver · 07/10/13 02:30PMA groundskeeper at Sandringham House, a private residence in Norfolk where the royal family gathers every year for the most regimented Christmas fun one could ever imagine, remains in critical condition after falling off a riding lawnmower and becoming submerged in a small lake on the property on Monday.
Fireworks Shot into Crowd Injure 28
Max Read · 07/05/13 07:19AM6-Year-Old Boy Rides Van Roof for 3 Miles Along Alaska Highway
Taylor Berman · 07/02/13 08:52PMWhen a six-year-old boy in Alaska climbed onto the roof of his parents' van as it sat in their driveway, he probably wasn't expecting to take a ride along a highway while still atop the van. Unfortunately, for the boy and his parents, that's just what happened, and the boy fell from the van's roof after three miles.
Inspector Who Surveyed Collapsed Philadelphia Building Commits Suicide
Maggie Lange · 06/13/13 09:00AMA building inspector in Philadelphia committed suicide a week after a downtown building collapsed, just a short time after he had examined it. The accident killed six people. The inspector's body was discovered with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his chest on Wednesday. Ronald Wagenhoffer was 52.
Feds Say You're Drunk Driving At .05%
Ken Layne · 05/14/13 11:42AMA Four-Year-Old Shoots and Kills Deputy’s Wife at Weekend BBQ
Camille Dodero · 04/08/13 05:40PMNew York Teenager Celebrating 18th Birthday Struck and Killed Crossing Subway Tracks
Taylor Berman · 03/26/13 11:08PMEarly Tuesday evening, a teenager celebrating his 18th birthday was hit and killed by subway train on Manhattan's Upper West Side as he and his two friends attempted to cross the tracks. One friend made it across while the other still hadn't left the other platform. According to the New York Daily News, both surviving teens saw the train hit their friend, their knees buckling at the sight.
Georgia Man Hospitalized After Being Trapped Inside Shit-Filled Outdoor Toilet for Over an Hour
Taylor Berman · 03/20/13 08:36PMFor reasons that remain unclear, an elderly man in North Georgia decided to stand (instead of, you know, sitting) on the rim of an outdoor toilet at Carters Lake, which is managed by the U.S. Corps of Engineers. As a result, he fell inside the toilet, into a five-foot deep, shit-filled area beneath the facility.
Two Dead After Private Jet Crashes Through Three Homes in Indiana Neighborhood
Taylor Berman · 03/17/13 08:36PMGiant, 42,000 Pound Ketchup Spill Creates Massive Traffic Jam in Nevada
Taylor Berman · 03/01/13 12:03AMTraffic piled up outside of Reno, Nevada early Thursday afternoon after a tractor trailer carrying over 42,000 pounds of ketchup crashed, spilling the condiment across a highway. The accident occurred after the truck swerved to avoid a car, causing it to veer into a light pole and then into the underpass of a bridge, ripping open the cargo area. There were no injuries, though; just literally tons of ketchup.
Three Killed in Helicopter Crash While Filming Reality TV Show for Discovery Channel
Taylor Berman · 02/10/13 11:39PMFormer Top Model Contestant Busts Her Face Wide Open, Shares Horrifying Photos with the World
Caity Weaver · 01/28/13 05:20PMIn what would have made for a compelling multi-episode arc on season 5 of America's Next Top Model, former Top Model contestant Lisa D'Amato broke her nose in several places and shredded her forehead, lips, and chin to ribbons in what she calls "a freak accident" earlier this month. (Warning: the photos below are graphic and NSFW.)
Rich Juzwiak · 11/28/12 03:20PM
Predator Drones Are Doing All Types of Crazy Poltergeist Shit
Hamilton Nolan · 10/26/12 11:35AMHas America's fleet of deadly Predator drones been infected by some sort of anti-imperialist poltergeist force? That seems to be the only logical conclusion from today's Washington Post story (the last in an excellent series on America's "Secret War") about the activities and happenings at the US drone base in Djibouti. There's this: