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In an ironic tragedy, Australian Matthew Appleby drowned on the day he was to take his exam to earn his lifesaving medallion. Gosford, Australia officials announced the tragic coincidence after Appleby, 16, was found on Forresters Beach two weeks after he was reported missing. Reports say the preliminary finding was that his death was caused by drowning. Appleby’s school backpack and shoes were found on the beach during an extensive search of nearby beaches and coastal trails where Matthew was…

Houston police are investigating a fatal single-car traffic accident in which a woman, 47, was driving a red Chevrolet Suburban northbound on Bingle when she failed to maintain a single lane and struck a light pole and then a tree. The female victim was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital where she was pronounced dead. Her identity is pending notification to family members by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. The accident was discovered by a friend who had been…

A 29-year-old male was driving his black Ford Explorer westbound on Highway 225 when he lost control of the vehicle and rolled it over several times, killing himself. No other vehicles were involved in the accident. The identity of the male victim, 29, is pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Houston police are continuing the investigation, which occurred mid-October. The circumstances surrounding any traffic death can be mired in…

Louisiana inspectors are focusing on the restraining device on a 21-year-old woman’s seat which may have failed, vaulting the woman from a Baton Rouge Amusement park’s roller coaster, killing her, reports say Lindsay Zeno was killed when the bar that goes between the rider’s legs and is supposed to secure the rider in place reportedly failed. The coaster, named the “Xtreme”, has had no previous issues with safety or safety restraints. Reports also say the park passed a national inspection…

A North Carolina machinist was killed earlier this month as a metal rod departed the high-speed lathe on which he worked, striking and killing him. The accident, which occurred at the Statesville machine shop facility of R.P Machine, happened as the victim, 62-year-old Leonard Key, of Mooresville, had been working on a lathe on the Cochran Street shop. A metal rod he was machining was ejected by the lathe at a high rate of speed and hit Key directly in…