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Crews work to contain petroleum spill in Washington after tanker truck accident

Crews work to contain petroleum spill in Washington after tanker truck accident

Cleanup crews were trying on Saturday to contain petroleum that leaked from a tanker truck that crashed and flipped upside down on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, spilling fuel into a tributary of a river that had recently been restored for salmon runs. Preliminary estimates say about 3,000 gallons (11,356 liters) of mostly gasoline and some diesel spilled into Indian Creek, a …

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Dog the Bounty Hunter’s Stepson Shoots and Kills His Son in Accident

Dog the Bounty Hunter’s Stepson Shoots and Kills His Son in Accident

Duane “Dog” Chapman’s stepson reportedly shot and killed his 13-year-old son over the weekend. TMZ was the first to report that Gregory Zecca, who is the son of Chapman’s wife, Francie, shot his son Anthony in an accident. The incident reportedly took place Saturday night at an apartment in Naples, Florida. “We are grieving as a family over this incomprehensible …

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1 killed, 2 missing in Oregon waterfall accident

1 killed, 2 missing in Oregon waterfall accident

BEND, Ore. (AP) — One person was killed and rescuers continued searching on Sunday for two others after a group of people were swept over an Oregon waterfall, authorities said. The group went over Dillon Falls on the Deschutes River about 10 miles from the city of Bend, Oregon, on Saturday afternoon, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said. Three people …

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Doctors issue warning after 61-year-old New York man wearing metal chain dies in freak MRI accident – Hindustan Times – Hindustan Times

Doctors issue warning after 61-year-old New York man wearing metal chain dies in freak MRI accident – Hindustan Times – Hindustan Times

Doctors issue warning after 61-year-old New York man wearing metal chain dies in freak MRI accident – Hindustan Times  Hindustan Times Nassau County woman recalls harrowing experience of her husband being pulled into MRI machine  News 12 Man dies after being pulled into an MRI by a metal chain he wore, police say  CNN Police are investigating a man’s death after he was …

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Felix Baumgartner Dead In Paragliding Accident; Skydiver Was 56

Felix Baumgartner Dead In Paragliding Accident; Skydiver Was 56

Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian extreme adventurer who made international headlines in 2012 when he livestreamed himself jumping and freefalling for four minutes from a helium balloon that had ascended about 24 miles above the earth, breaking the sound barrier before opening his parachute, died Thursday in a paragliding accident along the Adriatic coast in Italy. He was 56. His death …

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Stratospheric skydiver Felix Baumgartner dies at 56 in tragic paragliding accident

Stratospheric skydiver Felix Baumgartner dies at 56 in tragic paragliding accident

Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner, the first human to break the sound barrier with his body during a leap from the stratosphere, is dead at 56. Baumgartner died Wednesday (July 16) during a paragliding flight in coastal Italy, according to an Associated Press report citing an Italian official. The paraglider crashed into a swimming pool edge in Porto Sant’Elpidio, AP’s report …

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Felix Baumgartner, daredevil who jumped from the stratosphere, dies in paragliding accident at age 56

Felix Baumgartner, daredevil who jumped from the stratosphere, dies in paragliding accident at age 56

Felix Baumgartner, the daredevil who made a record-breaking parachute jump from the stratosphere in 2012, died Thursday in a paragliding accident in Italy, a local mayor confirmed. Firefighters who responded to the scene said they found a paraglider that had crashed into the side of a swimming pool in the city of Porto Sant Elpidio, on central Italy’s eastern coast. …

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Extreme skydiver Baumgartner dies in paragliding accident – DW – 07/17/2025

Extreme skydiver Baumgartner dies in paragliding accident – DW – 07/17/2025

Austrian extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, who jumped down to earth from the stratosphere in a 2012 stunt, died in a paragliding accident in the eastern Italian town of Porto Sant’Elpidio on Thursday. According to local media, the 56-year-old lost consciousness while in flight and then lost control of his paraglider, crashing into a hotel pool and lightly injuring a young …

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