Man Kill By Trash Compactor After Falling Asleep in Dumpster

A Texas man died when the trash compactor of a sanitation truck crushed him Wednesday morning.

The sudden and tragic occurrence will make for a truly sad holiday season “without his presence and smile,” a friend said.

 

Chad Adams, 41, fell asleep in a trash bin in Fort Worth, Texas, where he was seeking warmth Tuesday night, reported local outlet NBCDFW.

 

The sanitation truck dropped Adams along with the bin’s other contents into the compactor the following morning. 

 

The driver engaged the machinery that fatally cracked Adams’ pelvis. The sanitation worker reportedly stopped when he heard Adams screaming, Officer Sharron Neal told The Associated Press.

Paramedics performed CPR as they rushed him to the emergency room, according to officials from MedStar Emergency Medical Services. 

 

Adams died during surgery at John Peter Smith Hospital.

 

Several early reports said Adams was homeless, but a friend claimed that he lived somewhere in Burleson, Texas. He also described Adams as a deeply compassionate and friendly man.

“He would give the shirt off his back to help anyone who needed it,” the friend said.

 

Adams “had a great heart and he will be missed!” his niece wrote in the comments section beneath initial coverage of this incident by NBCDFW.  

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Teacher Killed by Train While Taking Photo of Another Oncoming Train

A beloved photography teacher at a California high school was taking pictures of an oncoming train when she was struck and killed by another locomotive coming from behind her.

A prayer service was held Monday for Kathy Carlisle, who taught visual arts at St. Francis High School in Sacramento and was well-known for her love of photography.

“We’re taking this opportunity to really reflect on the tremendous gift that she was to our community,” Margo Reid Brown, the president of St. Francis, told NBC affiliate KCRA. “She was so skilled and passionate in her work, and really had a gift. The girls understood that she had a gift to share with them.”

It wasn’t clear whether Carlisle, 52, was on the Sacramento train tracks on Saturday as part of a school-related project. The tracks are located near the school.

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Kathy Carlisle was struck and killed by a train that she didn't see coming while photographing another train on a Sacramento track.

Police said the wife and mother of three was hit by a Union Pacific train around 2:30 p.m. Whether the conductor blew a whistle to alert Carlisle wasn't immediately known.

Carlisle was often found carrying her camera. She had an interest in the Holocaust, and headed up local student exhibitions on the subject, according to reports.

“I’ve taught it every year and for me it’s just a really compelling way to help students understand how those issues of racism and genocide actually apply to their lives today,” she once said, according to The Sacramento Bee.

School was closed Monday, and students used Twitter to express their grief and respect for Carlisle.

“Mrs. Carlisle showed me how to convey the beauty in everything and everyone,” Gaby Enos tweeted. “She will be greatly missed.”

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Parking Garage Tragedy

A Financial District parking-garage attendant was crushed to death yesterday when an SUV rolled off an elevator lift and pinned him to the ground, cops said.

The 1999 Mercury Mountaineer was mistakenly left in neutral when it rolled off the lift, fell about 6 feet, and landed on Victoriano “Victor” Vizcaino, 45, of The Bronx, according to police.

Devastated relatives of the Dominican immigrant rushed to the Icon Parking garage on Barclay Street near Church Street, where co-workers were “incredibly shaken,” said Cesar Callan, a customer.

“He was a super, super guy.”

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Bumble Bee Employee Dies After Being Cooked In Oven

SANTA FE SPRINGS - A seafood plant employee died Thursday after he was cooked in an oven in an industrial accident, authorities said Friday.

Bumble Bee Foods officials identified the man as Jose Melena, a 6-year employee of the business. He was 62 years old, according to Whittier police.

The incident took place shortly before 7 a.m. at Bumble Bee Foods, 13100 Arctic Circle, Whittier police officials said in a written statement.

The initial investigation indicated that, "he was fatally injured when he was cooked in an oven," California Division of Occupational Safety and Health spokeswoman Erika Monterroza said. Cal-OSHA has launched an investigation into the the circumstances of what officials are calling an accident.

The cooking device that injured the man was described in coroner's documents as a "steamer machine," Dietz said.

It was unclear how the man ended up inside the industrial cooker.

"This is a horrendous tragedy," Monterroza said.

Rescuers who responded to a 9-1-1 call pronounced the man dead at the scene, police said.

In a written statement, Bumble Bee Foods vice president of human resources Pat Menke expressed condolences to Melena's family.

"The entire Bumble Bee Foods family is saddened by the tragic loss of our colleague, and our thoughts and prayers are with the Melena family," he said.

"Operations at Bumble Bee Foods' Santa Fe Springs processing plant
have been suspended since yesterday morning to allow for a thorough investigation," Menke said. "We expect to be able to resume operations on Monday."

By OSHA policy, an investigation is to be completed within six months, Monterroza said. It will include visits to the tuna-canning plant, extensive interviews and a review of company safety documentation.

"Once all of the facts are gathered, at that point, a determination will be made if California health and safety regulations were violated," she said.

A finding of violations would result in civil penalties assessed against the employer, Monterroza said. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office will determine whether criminal charges are warranted.


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Man Dies After Winning Cockroach Eating Contest

MIAMI — The winner of a roach-eating contest in South Florida died shortly after downing dozens of the live bugs as well as worms, authorities said Monday.

About 30 contestants ate the insects during Friday night's contest at Ben Siegel Reptile Store in Deerfield Beach about 40 miles north of Miami. The grand prize was a python.

Edward Archbold, 32, of West Palm Beach became ill shortly after the contest ended and collapsed in front of the store, according to a Broward Sheriff's Office statement released Monday. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Authorities were waiting for results of an autopsy to determine a cause of death.

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Edward Archbold competing in a roach-eating contest in Deerfield Beach, Fla.

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Archbold died shortly after downing dozens of the live bugs as well as worms, authorities said Monday.

"Unless the roaches were contaminated with some bacteria or other pathogens, I don't think that cockroaches would be unsafe to eat," said Michael Adams, professor of entomology at the University of California at Riverside, who added that he has never heard of someone dying after consuming roaches. "Some people do have allergies to roaches," he said, "but there are no toxins in roaches or related insects."

None of the other contestants became ill, the sheriff's office said.

There was no updated phone number listed for Archbold in West Palm Beach.

"We feel terribly awful," said store owner Ben Siegel, who added that Archbold did not appear to be sick before the contest. "He looked like he just wanted to show off and was very nice," Siegel said, adding that Archbold was "the life of the party."

Siegel said Archbold was selling the exotic prize to a friend who took him to the contest.

The Miami Herald reported the grand prize has been put aside in Archbold's name and will be given to his estate.

A statement from Siegel's attorney said all the participants signed waivers "accepting responsibility for their participation in this unique and unorthodox contest."

The bugs consumed were from an inventory of insects "that are safely and domestically raised in a controlled environment as food for reptiles."

Photographer Killed Photographing Bear

A San Diego man was killed by a grizzly Friday at Denali National Park in Alaska, the first fatal bear attack in the park's history.

Rangers told reporters that Richard White, 49, photographed the animal for eight minutes Friday before the attack.

"It's an extremely rare event, and it's not common that we even have injuries related to bears," park spokeswoman Maureen McLaughlin told the Anchorage Daily News. "We don't see a lot, and we think some of that is due to our education."

Officials told the paper it took more than 24 hours to recover White's body. Hikers came across bloody shards of clothes and other personal effects and called rangers, who began the search. Officials reviewed White's camera and saw the photos he took of the bear, which they said was "grazing and not acting aggressively."

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According to the Associated Press:

[White] was backpacking alone along the Toklat River on Friday afternoon when he came within 50 yards of the bear, far closer than the quarter-mile of separation required by park rules, officials said.

A state trooper shot and killed the male bear on Saturday. Investigators examined the bear’s stomach contents, looked at White’s photos and used other tests Saturday evening to confirm that it was the animal that killed White, park officials said in a statement Saturday night.

White’s remains were recovered Saturday evening and were being sent to the medical examiner in Anchorage.

There’s no indication that the man’s death was the result of anything other than a bear attack, investigators said, adding that it’s the first known fatal mauling in the park’s nearly century-long history.

— Shelby Grad and Andrew Blankstein

Former Coroner Dies After Being Struck By Pet Llama

LEWIS CENTER, Ohio - A woman died from her injuries after being struck by her pet llama.

Florence Lenahan, 74, was hospitalized on Tuesday evening after dispatchers received a call from her friend saying that she was run over by her pet llama, Baby Doll.

Lenahan suffered arm and head injuries in the incident, which occurred shortly after 5 p.m. in the 2000 block of Lewis Center road.

According to a family friend, the woman went out to see Baby Doll, who ran toward her and slipped, knocking Lenahan's head into the ground. Lenahen had nursed Baby Doll since she was born after the llama's mother rejected her.

Officials from Riverside Methodist Hospital said that Lenahen died Tuesday evening.

Lenahan was the former Delaware County Coroner. She served from 1986 until 1992.

A family friend said that Baby Doll, as well as Lenahan's other animals, would find new homes. They currently are in the care of the Delaware County Humane Society.

Lenahan has served as a private physician since 1992.

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Soldier charged with manslaughter after trying to cure another of hiccups

(CNN) -- A soldier trying to scare another soldier out of hiccups shot his comrade in the face, killing him, authorities said Tuesday.

Both soldiers, joined by a third man, were drinking alcohol and watching football at the time of the Sunday night incident, authorities said.

"The victim had the hiccups. The suspect pulled out a gun to scare him in order to stop the hiccups," said spokesman Carroll Smith of the Killeen, Texas, Police Department.

Pfc. Patrick Edward Myers, 27, was charged on Tuesday with manslaughter, and Justice of the Peace Garland Potvin set his bond at $1 million, police said.

Killed was Pfc. Isaac Lawrence Young, 22, of Ash Grove, Missouri, a motor transport operator at the Army base, the military said. Young entered active duty in May 2011 and arrived at Fort Hood in October 2011, the Army said.

Myers is a soldier at the base, as was Young at the time of his death, said Fort Hood spokesman Chris Haug.

Police responded to a shooting shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday and found a man shot in the face and two other men at the residence, Killeen police said.

Myers allegedly "produced a handgun and while handling it in an unsafe manner, discharged the handgun striking the victim in the face," police said.

Young was pronounced dead during the ambulance transport to Skylark Field, where he had been scheduled for an airlift to a hospital, authorities said.

Young received the National Defense Service Medal and Army Service Ribbon, the military said.

Bride Drowns in Wedding Dress Photo Shoot Near Waterfall

A recent bride was posing for wedding photos one last time Friday when she slipped into a river and was dragged to death by her own water-soaked wedding dress.

“I tried to save her. I tried, I tried, I tried,” the bride’s photographer, Louis Pagakis, told CTV News.

Pagakis said the bride — now identified as 30-year-old Laval, Quebec realtor Maria Pantazopoulos — was married June 9 and wanted a shot of herself swimming in her dress.

Canadian police first told reporters the woman had slipped off a cliff and plunged to her death. They also said she was a bride-to-be, CTV reports.

Later in the day, police corrected themselves, telling media that the woman only had her feet in the Ouareau River, near Dorwin Falls in Rawdon.

They said her dress absorbed a large quantity of water and pulled her into the water. She was eventually swept away by the current.

Policemen soon reported to the scene and found the woman’s body in about four hours.

Two witnesses, who were not named, were taken to a local hospital for shock.

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Man Dies in Crash After Fleeing Scene of Another Crash

WOODHAVEN — A man police say was speeding to get away from a smaller car Saturday wound up in a greater smashup that took his life, police said. 

According to police, the victim, identified as Dominick Bunch, 24, had been operating his grey 2010 Toyota Camry, when he struck and hit a car in Cypress Hills, at the corner of Crescent Street and Atlantic Avenue.

Instead of stopping, the man tore off down Atlantic Avenue, where the real damage started moments later, at 3:00 a.m.

Bunch's Camry smashed into several parked cars near 88th Street, in Woodhaven, Queens, police said, before slamming into a livery cab crossing 87th Street, which caused his car to overturn. According to the New York Daily News, the impact threw Bunch's body from the car. 

A female passenger in the vehicle sustained injuries, police said, and the News reported that the livery cab driver was also sent to the hospital for treatment.

Bunch was a probationary Sanitation worker, according to news reports, and suspected to be drinking at the time, but no breathalyzer was conducted.

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Murderer Dies of Heart Attack Fleeing the Scene

A retired Simi Valley teacher was stabbed and beaten to death last week by a former boyfriend who died after having a heart attack and crashing his truck as he fled the scene, police announced Wednesday.

Investigators believe that Paul Porter, 66, of Scottsdale, Ariz., killed Janice Somple on Thursday inside her home in the 1500 block of Carmen Drive.

They said Porter and his wrecked truck were found in the early afternoon about 1 1/2 miles away near Madera Road and Country Club Drive in Simi Valley. He later died in the hospital.

Simi Valley police said Somple, 65, was not discovered until  8 p.m. Thursday when an acquaintance found her body and called 911.

“We know Paul killed Janice and how he did it,” Sgt. Randy Foushee said during a news conference. “We are still seeking an answer as to why he returned to Janice's home after many years and murdered her.”

Somple retired in 2008 after 28 years with the Conejo Valley Unified School District, where she taught English courses at Westlake and Newbury Park high schools among other assignments.

Police said Somple and Porter, who had lived in Ventura County for awhile, had a “dating relationship” more than 15 years ago that ended “amicably.”

Somple's neighbors said she had no enemies in the community, where she had lived for almost 40 years.

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Man Killed By L Train As He Attempted To Cross Tracks

A man was struck and killed by a Rockaway Park bound L train at the Morgan Avenue stop last night as he attempted to cross the tracks. According to the NYPD, an MTA motorman said Brooklyn resident Grzegoiz Bartosiewicz, 42, was crossing from the northbound tracks to the southbound tracks at 9:50 p.m., and was trying to climb onto the southbound platform when he was hit. Both trains in the station stopped, and the power to the tracks was shut off. The MTA confirmed that Bartosiewicz died at the scene.

Woman Suffocates After Getting Stuck In Clothing Drop Box

A Staten Island woman whom authorities believe was trying to steal donations from a clothing drop box apparently suffocated to death after she became trapped inside. Authorities say that Melissa Mazzeo, 51, climbed into the drop box in Sunnyside around noon yesterday and became stuck when the container door dropped on her neck. A maintenance worker for the next door bagel store who went to check on what was going on founder her unresponsive: "Two hands and a head, that's it, just out the door," Peter Schenck told SILive. "Not a sight to see."

A woman had heard the cries of the woman and told Schenck about it; police and rescue workers had to wait several hours for a someone to remove the lock to be able to take her out of the box: "It's got to be about the bizarrest thing I've ever seen—ever," Schenck said.

Witnesses told police that Mazzeo, who has a 17-year-old son, had been seen climbing into the clothing box before. She was arrested last November and charged with attempted petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property. "She was a little eccentric," said neighbor Mike Caruselle. "She was always walking around the neighborhood. She used to jog a lot. Everybody in the neighborhood knew her."

Man Dies Buried Alive Trying to Set World Record

A man in Sri Lanka buried himself alive in order to set a world record, but only managed to get himself killed.

Janaka Basnayake's family and friends reportedly helped him dig a 10-foot hole in the town of Kantele, about 137 miles north of the nation's capital, Colombo, according to London's Telegraph.

The 24-year-old climbed into the hole, which was sealed using soil and wood, around 9:30 a.m. on Saturday.

When they pulled him out around 4 p.m. on Sunday, Basnayake was unconscious, officials said. He was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The man's mother, LD Leelawathi, said her son was fond of doing bizarre stunts since he was a boy, according to the Lankadeepa newspaper.

Basnayake tried the same stunt before, his mother said. Once he was buried alive for two and a half hours, another time for six hours.

Guinness World Records does not list a record for being buried alive.

A British man claimed to have set a record for being buried underground for three months in 1998. However, Guinness would not recognize it at the time because it did not want to encourage dangerous stunts, BBC News reported.

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Man Bursts Into Flames After Accidentally Drinking Gasoline, Lighting Cigarette

HAVELOCK, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man is dead after police say he accidentally drank from a jar of gasoline and then smoked a cigarette.

Havelock police received a 911 call about 9:55 p.m. Monday after 43-year-old Gary Allen Banning set himself on fire. Banning was transported to UNC Burn Center in Chapel Hill, where he died early Tuesday morning.

City spokeswoman Diane Miller said investigators believe Banning was at a friend’s apartment when he apparently mistook a jar of gasoline sitting by the kitchen sink for a beverage. After taking a gulp, he spit the gas out and got some on his clothes.

Sometime later, investigators say Banning went outside to smoke a cigarette and burst into flames.

Havelock police and the city fire marshal are continuing their investigation into the accident.

Via Associated Press

Woman Found Dead Under Piles of Trash

The decomposed body of an elderly woman was discovered under mounds of trash in her home in southwest suburban Worth, officials said.

Margareta Scheibe, 72, was found by police and firefighters Tuesday afternoon at her home in the 10800 block of Oak Park Avenue, according to authorities. The woman died of heart disease and there was no sign of any trauma, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Rubbish was piled to the ceiling and spilled out onto the front yard of the bi-level house located on a quiet residential street across from a public park.

A dilapidated shed filled with broken lawn mowers and yard equipment is in the backyard and two trash-filled vehicles could be seen in the driveway. The view of the house from the street is obscured by several large evergreen trees in the front yard.

The stench inside the house was unbearable, even for officers with the hazardous material masks, a Worth police source said. Yellow crime scene tape surrounded the property while an officer in a squad car guarded the front of the home.

Authorities were first contacted by a friend who hadn’t seen or heard from Scheibe in more than a month, the police source said. She had lived in the house with her 46-year-old son.

Police and fire department personnel, dressed in white hazmat suits, went inside the home on Saturday and spent four hours searching through heaps of garbage, old broken toys and stacks of  newspapers, but did not find Scheibe, according to police and neighbors.

Many areas of the home were inaccessible because of the stacks of garbage, the police source said.

Several neighbors, who asked not to be identified, said they saw police talking with Scheibe’s son on Tuesday. No charges have been filed, the police source said.

One neighbor said Schibe never threw out newspapers and would collect them from local restaurants or scour parking lots for them. "She never even put the trash collection bin out on garbage pick-up dates," he added.

Another neighbor said, "(Margareta) would never let anybody inside the house for any reason."

Neighbors said dozens of stray cats lived outside the house and roamed into their yards.

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Mugger Dies After Scuffle with Ex-Wrestler

A Newark thief was killed early Saturday after he got into a scuffle with a former high school wrestler while trying to rob the man, according to reports.

Cops say Gian Davis, 30, approached two local college kids at around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday and asked them for change, NBC New York reported.

When the men said no, Davis then asked if he could use one of their cell phones to call a cab.

When one of the men replied that he'd call a cab for him, Davis asked to shake the man's hand but then tried to snatch the man's phone, the Newark Star-Ledger reported.

Davis grabbed the man and began hitting him in the head, prompting his pal - who had wrestled in high school - to put Davis in a headlock.

Police sources told NBC the man's grip was so strong that Davis choked to death.

The two men stayed on the scene, and when police arrived, Davis was unconscious. He was pronounce dead less than an hour later at University Hospital.

The ex-wrestler and his friend have not been charged, and Essex County prosecutor assistant prosecutor Tom Fennelly told NBC they were cooperating with police.

Davis' rap sheet included arrests for assault and theft, and he was last released from prison on July 22.

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Man Struck on FDR After Jumping Out of Cab

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A taxi rider is in critical condition after jumping out of a cab on the FDR Drive late Wednesday.

The passenger was headed north on the FDR when the cab got stuck in traffic at 96th Street around 11:30 p.m.

He apparently didn't want to wait for the car to move again, so he jumped out and tried to run across the highway. He was then struck by the driver of a minivan headed south.

Via Eyewitness News: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=8502353