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Some months before the global COVID-19 pandemic upended learning at colleges and universities across the United States, the tragic fraternity hazing death of San Diego State University Student Dylan Hernandez was making headlines. Dylan’s death sharpened the focus on fraternity hazing not only at SDSU but at colleges and universities across the country. Dylan’s fraternity hazing death opened the door to a close investigation of the prevalence of this type of abusive and potentially deadly conduct at SDSU. Facts Surrounding…

A Pinal County natural gas pipeline explosion devastated a family in their home, killing a father and daughter and severely injuring a mother. The investigation into the Pinal County explosion has only just begin. However, officials already presume that the explosion had something to do with the major Kinder Morgan natural gas pipeline that runs near the family’s residence, located in a rural area outside of Coolidge, Arizona. The explosion occurred at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday morning. The blast occurred…

An Ardmore, Oklahoma asphalt plant explosion killed one person and evidently injured no one else. The Oklahoma asphalt plant explosion occurred on Friday. As of Sunday morning, literally nothing more is known about the deadly explosion beyond the fact that it was fatal, occurred at an Ardmore asphalt plant, and sent a thick plume of murky black smoke high into the sky. What is not known about the Ardmore asphalt plant explosion includes: Any identifying information about the person killed…

A 69-year-old woman hospitalized at HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood was killed in her hospital bed when a defibrillator being used on her caught fire and then exploded. The niece of the woman killed in the Houston hospital bedside explosion and fire described her aunt’s fatal injuries as included the patient’s entire upper torso being burned beyond recognition. The niece went on to add that “who would ever expect your relative to be burnt to a crisp in a hospital.” The…

A Florida woman was convicted in 2016 to serve five years in prison for DUI manslaughter arising from her killing of person while driving drunk in the Sunshine State. As unbelievable as it might seem, this same person killed yet another person while driving drunk this past week. In the most recent incident, the driver (identified as Jennifer Carvajal, age 24) also seriously injured two other people. Carvajal was bulleting down Interstate 4 in Hillsborough County at around 1:30 a.m….