The family of a northwest Missouri teenager who died after being hit by a school bus reached a $5 million settlement with the bus company. Sixteen-year-old Mason Adams, a junior at St. Joseph’s Lafayette High School, died Nov. 15, 2010, …
A 30-year-old Phoenix, Ariz., man has died after Phoenix Fire Department officials say he was injured at an indoor trampoline park. Fire department spokesman Scott Walker says it happened last Thursday night at SKYPARK Indoor Trampoline Park located near 40th …
The family of an elderly woman fatally mauled by an 8-foot (2.4-meter) alligator as she searched for her daughter’s dog told the state’s high court Monday that the neighborhood homeowners association should have removed the reptiles from the area. The …
A 19-year-old University of Utah student has died after falling about 30 feet from a Park City ski resort’s chairlift. Canyons Ski Resort spokesman Steve Pastorino says the woman may have been suffering a medical episode when she fell from …
Miami police say a woman died when she was run over by her own car in a driveway. Miami television station WTVJ reports the incident happened about 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Police spokeswoman Margarita Crown says two women were in the …
A construction worker has died after a ceiling collapsed on him during renovation work in a Syracuse, N.Y., office building. Syracuse Police identify the victim as 25-year-old Steven Pallotta of Liverpool. He was working with a crew from J.S. Development …
Fire officials say a residential construction worker was killed after being crushed and trapped under a patio roof that suddenly collapsed. Salt Lake City Fire Department spokesman Scott Freitag says the accident happened Wednesday morning at a Salt Lake City, …
The attorney for the surviving family of a western Pennsylvania woman killed by a downed power line wants the state Public Utility Commission to investigate the way utility workers were instructed to clean its lines. Attorney Shanin Specter is suing …
A man died when his house exploded in a north Austin, Texas, neighborhood. Austin Fire Battalion Chief Thayer Smith says witnesses reported the explosion about 8:30 a.m. Monday, and firefighters arrived to find the house engulfed in flames. Austin-Travis County …
The family of a man who was fatally shot by an undercover suburban Dallas police officer during a drug bust has filed a lawsuit alleging that a badly designed flashlight mounted on the officer’s handgun led to the death. Michael …