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  • Mother, daughter killed after boulder falls off moving truck

    07/12/2018 4:43:47 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 45 replies
    abc7.com ^ | Thursday, July 12, 2018 01:14PM
    A mother and daughter from Minnesota were killed by a 600 to 800-pound boulder when the rock fell from a truck in front of their vehicle and crashed into their car. Karen Jean Christiansen, 67, and her daughter Jena Helene Christiansen, 32, died while traveling in Rosemount, Minnesota on Monday around 4:40 p.m. ... According to Rosemount Police, it took more than four firemen to roll the boulder at the scene. ... After the crash, authorities used business security cameras to capture a picture of the truck, which was a commercial vehicle. The driver of the truck was identified as...
  • Claim: Infamous hijacker lived in Wash. (D.B. Cooper found?)

    10/24/2007 7:22:36 PM PDT · by RDTF · 5 replies · 120+ views
    UPI ^ | Oct 24, 2007 | not specified
    BONNEY LAKE, Wash., Oct. 24 (UPI) -- D.B. Cooper, who infamously hijacked a plane and escaped by parachute with $200,000, lived the rest of his life in Bonney Lake, Wash., a new report said. In an upcoming article, Lyle Christiansen, 77, claims his late brother, Kenneth, was able to elude federal authorities after committing the sensational crime 36 years ago, The Tacoma (Wash.) News Tribune said Wednesday. The hijacker, who was given the name D.B. Cooper by investigators, hijacked a plane in 1971 and parachuted out of the aircraft after receiving a $200,000 ransom. The article details the late airline...