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  • Tennessee - 4 killed, up to 15 hurt in dragster incident at show

    06/16/2007 10:36:40 PM PDT · by HAL9000 · 35 replies · 5,121+ views
    Excerpt - SELMER, Tenn. — A drag-racing vehicle lost control during a parade and spun into a crowd of bystanders on Saturday night, killing four adults and injuring up to 15 people, authorities said. Investigators were trying to determine what caused the vehicle to careen into the crowd at the Cars for Kids charity event in Selmer, located about 80 miles east of Memphis. Scott Henley, of Selmer, witnessed the accident around 6:30 p.m. CDT and said the vehicle started burning off its tires, then began to fishtail and slammed into a light pole before spinning around into the audience....
  • Crew members drinking before deadly dive, report says

    01/13/2007 12:04:13 AM PST · by skeptoid · 126 replies · 2,899+ views
    Anchorage Daily News ^ | January 12, 2007 | CURT WOODWARD
    Two Coast Guard divers killed in a botched Arctic training dive were loaded with too much weight and were assisted by untrained crew members who had been drinking beer, an official investigation has found. The two divers, from the Seattle-based icebreaker Healy, plunged to about 200 feet - about 10 times deeper than intended - shortly after entering the 29-degree water on Aug. 17, 2006.