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  • At Least 7 Die in Russia Blast Bordering Ukraine

    01/18/2023 3:39:44 AM PST · by dennisw · 17 replies
    An accidental grenade blast in a Russian region bordering Ukraine has led to at least seven deaths, the Interfax news agency reported Tuesday. "Four dead have been found among the missing. The number of victims has increased to seven people," the emergency services told Interfax. It added that the search for four more people was continuing. Over the weekend a sergeant in the southern Belgorod region "unintentionally" detonated a hand grenade inside a dormitory at a location for military personnel, Interfax said, citing emergency services. According to Interfax, the grenade triggered an ammunition blast and subsequent fire, killing three servicemen...
  • Elderly man electrocuted when he cuts through electric cable [Darwin award]

    06/29/2009 8:25:10 PM PDT · by smokingfrog · 70 replies · 1,968+ views
    midhudsonnews.com ^ | June 27, 2009 | unattributed
    LUMBERLAND – A 64-year-old man, said to be impatient after Friday’s storm because the power had not been restored to his home, took a demolition saw and tried to cut through downed wires and was electrocuted. A witness told the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office Mieczyskaw Mil of 1160 Route 97 in Pond Eddy had been drinking and attempted to cut through the cable which turned out to be a 4,800 volt feeder line that was hanging off a pole. Just after midnight on Saturday morning, the Lumberland Fire Department requested the police to the scene for a disorderly person. A...