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60-year-old man becomes unresponsive and rear-ends car with two doctors, Dhinoj and Minaxi Parikh, who were able to resuscitate him in Parsippany, New Jersey

Date: 
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Area: 
Trenton-NJ
As soon as the Parikhs saw that the man who hit them was unresponsive, they began CPR and called 911. The man eventually became responsive in a Parsippany Volunteer Ambulance Squad Rig and was transported to Saint Clare's Hospital. Dhinoj Parikh believes the man had gone into cardiac arrest before he crashed. “I think it’s good to hit doctor’s car,” Parikh said. “I am happy we were there at that moment to help him through. If you can help somebody you should.”

Jeanette Rumptz, 80, and Janet Lough, 76, killed and several people injured in crash involving parade float on Turill and Clark Roads in Lapeer Township, Michigan

Date: 
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Area: 
Detroit, MI
The modified float is a a 1960s Dodge truck converted to look like a train. The parade float involved in the accident is from La Societe des Quarente Hommes et Huit Chevaux, or The Society of 40 Men and 8 Horses, Lapeer Chapter. The Society of 40 Men and 8 Horses is well known around mid-Michigan for bringing the train-style floats to parades. According to the organization's website, during WWI, French railroad boxcars carried U.S. troops to battle. The boxcars, which held either 40 men or eight horses were painted with "40/8" on them.

Joseph Farley, 48, dies in crash between unicycle and SUV on Sens Road in La Porte, Texas

Date: 
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Area: 
Houston, TX
La Porte police are investigating after a man riding a unicycle was hit and killed Wednesday morning. Officers say the unicyclist was riding near the intersection of Sens Road and North L Street when he was hit by an SUV and died at the scene. Police say the unicyclist was wearing dark clothing. The driver of the SUV told police he didn't see the victim, and will not face charges. The victim has been identified as 48-year-old Joseph Farley. He made national headlines in 2012 after riding his unicycle naked in Kemah.

Patrick Muirhead, 54, killed in crash into bee infested abandoned building on Spruce Road in St. Charles, Michigan

Date: 
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Area: 
Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI
A man died after crashing his car into a bee-infested abandoned home in Saginaw County. The crash happened Wednesday afternoon as the driver was rounding a curve. When people tried to rescue him they were swarmed by bees. A local bee farm was able to eventually contain the bees with a spray so the car could be pulled from the home. The victim is identified as Patrick Muirhead, 54, of St. Charles. Investigators say he likely died from a medical condition.

Nancy Harris, 45, dies after being pinned between car and ATM machine on June 29 in Crystal Beach, Texas.

Date: 
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Area: 
Houston, TX

Galveston County sheriff's deputies responded to a call of a woman who was pinned between her car door and an ATM. Police say it happened around 7:30 p.m. Saturday. A citizen flagged down a deputy while he was doing a routine check at an area grocery store, according to authorities. Officials say the cause of the incident was that the woman attempted to make a transaction by leaning out of the driver's side door. That's when the car went forward, pulled left and struck the building where the ATM was located.

Jose Duran, 35, killed when manhole cover crashes through truck window on Cross Bronx Expressway in New York, New York

Date: 
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Area: 
New York, NY

A truck driver was killed Wednesday morning after a manhole cover exploded on the Cross Bronx Expressway and flew through the truck's windshield, hitting the driver in the head, police say. The 35-year-old tractor-trailer driver was going westbound in the middle lane of the Cross Bronx Expressway near Jerome Avenue at about 5:30 a.m., according to police. A manhole cover went through the front windshield and hit him in the head. The truck collided with another tractor-trailer in the lane to its left, police said. The driver of that truck was not hurt.

John Rufty, 74, critically injured, transported to hospital, after a single-engine aircraft, piloted by Edward Eugene Sisson, 84, crashes into a lawn mower, while landing at the Taylorsville Airport.

Date: 
Friday, April 25, 2014
Area: 
Charlotte, NC
A small plane crash-landed right onto a man riding a lawn mower, chopping off his hand. Edward Eugene Sisson, the 84-year-old pilot of the single-engine plane, collided with a lawn mower operator while landing at North Carolina’s Taylorsville Airport Saturday afternoon. Sisson is an experienced pilot who was flying in from Crossville, Tenn., to visit family in Taylorsville, State Highway Patrol Sergeant Brian Owenby stated.

Rev. Georgette Wonders, 61, dies of her injuries, after she is trapped between her car door and a building in Kenosha, while trying to retrieve a credit card in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Date: 
Monday, April 7, 2014
Area: 
Milwaukee, WI

A Kenosha congregation is mourning its pastor after she died late last week following a car accident at a McDonald's restaurant. A community memorial service is planned for 6 p.m. Monday at St. Mary's Lutheran Church, 2001 80th St., Kenosha. The Rev. Georgette Wonders was going through the drive-thru at a McDonald's after 11 p.m. Tuesday, The restaurant is a few miles from Bradford Community Church Unitarian Universalist, where she preached.

Carmello Anzalone, 89, killed, after being struck by a tractor-trailer, while crossing an intersection in Leydon, and then dragged over three miles before he was discovered.

Date: 
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Area: 
Chicago, IL
An 89-year-old man who was struck and killed early Tuesday morning was dragged more than three miles by a semi before the driver discovered his body, police said. Investigators believe Carmello Anzalone was struck by a vehicle while trying to cross the “busy intersection” at Mannheim Road and Armitage Avenue in Leyden after getting off a bus, Northlake Police Department Commander Jay Militello said. His body was later discovered attached to the undercarriage of a semi truck, more than three miles away in an industrial area at Grand Avenue and Garnet Drive, Militello said.

Sharlene Cruz, 72, killed, when her SUV shifts out of park and pins her against a rock at Valley of Fire State Park.

Date: 
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Area: 
Las Vegas, NV
The 72-year-old woman who died in an accident at Valley of Fire State Park has been identified as Sharlene Cruz by the Clark County Coroner's Office. According to police, at around 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Cruz parked an SUV in the dirt parking lot of Lone Rock parking area and got out of the car. The SUV began to roll and as she attempted to get back in the vehicle, it hit a large rock formation pinning her between the rock and SUV. The coroner said her cause of death was asphyxia.