Three sisters were enjoying a lazy afternoon in suburban Cleveland, Ohio, when tragedy struck. Two of the sisters were relaxing on a hammock tethered to a tree and a brick pillars at their family home. The girls were 14 and 12. Their younger sister was playing nearby. While enjoying the hammock, the brick pillar suddenly collapsed for reasons yet to be identified by investigators. The pair of siblings on the hammock were immediately buried under the rubble from the collapsed…
Eric Brimlow, 27, of Syracuse, New York, fell from the rim of the Crater Lake caldera in Crater Lake National Park after venturing beyond a barrier wall at Sinnott Memorial overlook. Reports say he had jumped from a walkway onto a snow bank, then slid down several hundred feet of steep terrain, coming to rest at the base of a tree 300 feet below the rim. Rangers immediately sent rescue equipment to him, hoisting him first to a small ledge,…
The family of Brian Greenhouse, the man who fell from a Houston Livestock and Rodeo roller coaster last week, is searching for answers as the investigation into his death continues, reports say. Reports say that witnesses state the victim was “limp in the air” as he fell the 30 feet to his death Sunday at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. But so far, Houston police can’t rule out the ride itself, reports say. Attorneys for the…
A Houston man fell from a roller coaster to his death last week the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo outside of the Reliant Center at around 9 p.m.. Reports say the victim, Brian Greenhouse, fell about 30 feet from the roller coaster called HiMiler, landing on another man who was walking near the ride. Emergency crews were called and administered CPR to the man who fell. He was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital. The other man was transported to another…
A freak accident in Bellevue, Iowa left one dead and 23 others injured when two runaway horses pulling a wagon trampled spectators at a small-town Fourth of July parade, reports say. The horses became spooked and bolted after they tangled with each other. At that point, one of the horses lost its bridle, reports say. The horses then galloped for several blocks with the wagon, trampling some and crashing into others. In addition, the wagon flipped and its two…