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‘Unimaginable’: Man killed when headstone falls at mother-in-law’s gravesite

A 74-year-old Pennsylvania man died this week after a headstone fell on him while he was at a relative’s grave. Stephen Woytack was decorating his mother-in-law’s grave for Easter on Monday when the stone toppled, reported ABC affiliate WNEP.

Senh: Sad. When it's your time to go, it's your time.

 

Experts: Child hot-car deaths more common than expected

Hot Car Deaths

The news that two parents in separate central Indiana incidents left their young child in a sweltering vehicle during a record heat wave has stirred outrage, but national child car-safety advocates say that, in reality, it happens more often than people realize and it happens to all kinds of parents.

 

Teen fires at gas tank — bullet ricochets, kills him

Accidental Shooting

A 17-year-old boy in south Texas died after firing a single shot that ricocheted off a butane tank and hit him in the head in McAllen, Texas.

 

Parents 'force-fed baby to death'

Parents 'force-fed baby to death'

A couple used a jug to make their 10-month-old daughter take solid food which eventually killed her, a court hears.

 

Man in domestic dispute decapitates self

Man in domestic dispute decapitates self

A Chicago man who quickly accelerated in a sport utility vehicle with a cable around his neck decapitated himself after a domestic dispute in Yorktown, authorities said Tuesday.

 

Hundreds gather for funeral of Texas fan who fell

Hundreds gather for funeral of Texas fan who fell

Hundreds of friends, family and law enforcement personnel arrived in Brownwood on Monday for the funeral of 39-year-old Shannon Stone, who fell to his death trying to catch a souvenir baseball at a Texas Rangers game.

 

Parkland woman may have been strangled by electronic neck massager

Parkland woman may have been strangled by electronic neck massager

The Broward Sheriff's Office is investigating what appears to have been a freakish accidental death in which a Parkland woman was strangled by an electronic neck massager on Christmas Eve.

 

Teen Dies After Being Hit By Baseball

A high school baseball player from Garfield, N.J. died over the weekend after being hit in the chest by a pitch during practice.

 

Man Acquitted of Homicide in Fiancee's Party Death

A western Pennsylvania jury has acquitted a man of homicide but convicted him of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of his fiancee.

 

Man Accidentally Shoots, Kills Fiancee Day Before Wedding

Man Accidentally Shoots, Kills Fiancee Day Before Wedding

Police say a Florida man who thought there was an intruder in his house shot and killed his fiancee the day before they were to get married.

 

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