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Police officers have been praised for their efforts to save a man from drowning in a treacherous stretch of the River Trent after a bystander witnessed a man enter the water near in the early hours one Sunday morning and immediately became pulled downstream. The police, who arrived within three minutes of the emergency call, first threw a rope to the struggling man, who was about 200ft away and being pulled away by strong currents. But the man was unable…

Reports say a Holland America Line passenger from the US was killed when she was snorkeling at Goff’s Caye in Belize and got caught in the boat’s propeller. The incident caused her to be cut quite badly. In addition, her head was slammed against the vessel. She received, among other injuries, a large cut to her right leg and two smaller wounds to the right side of the face. Apparently, she and her husband were aboard a 65 foot catamaran,…

U.S. Border Patrol agents rescued a man from drowning on a Monday morning last month, reports say. In an attempt to avoid capture by agents after he had made illegal entry in the United States, the man began swimming back across the Rio Grande River where Border Patrol agents are not allowed to pursue him. But he began to struggle and requested assistance about the midpoint of the river. US Border Patrol Agents from the McAllen Outpost were patrolling the…

Reports say the woman who ran a west Houston day care that caught fire late last month and killed four children fled to Nigeria before she was charged.   The daycare operator, Jessica Tata, 22, reportedly flew to her home in Nigeria on Saturday late last month before she was ever charged with the deaths of the four children in her care.   An arrest warrant was issued on the last day of February for one count of reckless bodily…

Reports say another child died late last month due to injuries resulting from a fire in a Houston home day care center. Eighteen-month-old Elias Castillo was the fourth child to die from the fire that killed three last month. Two other children remain in critical but stable condition. They were transferred to Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston, which specializes in burn victim care. A third child was released from Houston’s Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital late last month. The fire…