A Montana mother is suing after her 13-year-old son died from injuries he suffered when he was thrown from a high-speed carnival ride that she claims had serious safety problems. Clayton Phillips was riding the Yo-Yo swing attraction at a carnival in Butte in June when he was thrown from his seat, according to the... Continue Reading →
A Georgia father of four is being remembered as a hero after he died while rescuing a young girl from a dangerous rip current at Myrtle Beach. Derrick Moore, 47, of Loganville, Georgia, was visiting the popular South Carolina beach when tragedy struck on Friday, Aug. 8. At around 8 p.m., Myrtle Beach police and... Continue Reading →
A Colorado family is mourning the sudden death of their 5-year-old son after what began as a stomachache during a family vacation turned out to be an extremely rare and life-threatening disease. “Five days in the hospital and he was gone,” Justin Vu’s grieving mother, Terese Peden, told FOX 8. Peden, her husband, Viet Vu,... Continue Reading →
Two toddlers on Long Island died in separate backyard pool accidents just days apart, prompting officials to issue another urgent warning about the dangers of drowning during the summer months. A 2-year-old girl was found unresponsive in the backyard pool of her home in Mastic on July 20, according to Suffolk County police. She was... Continue Reading →
A family boating trip ended in unimaginable tragedy after a 9-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy were thrown into the water and killed when the vessel struck a channel marker in New Jersey’s Barnegat Bay. The deadly crash happened at approximately 9 p.m. on Sunday, July 19, according to New Jersey State Police. Authorities said... Continue Reading →
Authorities in Japan have discovered a body during the nearly month-long search for a 5-year-old boy who vanished while visiting a hot spring resort with his family. Firefighters in the city of Kirishima, located in Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, found the body at around 9:20 a.m. on Friday, July 17, along the bank of... Continue Reading →
Former North Carolina State swimmer and assistant coach Jack Roney died suddenly at age 39 after what a close friend described as a “tragic accident” over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Roney died Sunday, just weeks after celebrating his 15th wedding anniversary with his wife, Maresa. The exact nature of the accident and an... Continue Reading →
A Rhode Island family is grieving an unimaginable loss after a grandmother, her daughter and her 2-year-old granddaughter drowned when a driving lesson ended with their car sinking into a river. Floridalma Arceno, 45, was out Sunday evening with her daughter, 22-year-old Linora Sucely Gomez, who was practicing driving. Linora’s 2-year-old daughter, Ana, was also... Continue Reading →
A Massachusetts teenager’s bright future was cut short just days after he celebrated a major milestone. Kayron Garcia Costa, 18, died after a drowning incident at Houghton’s Pond in Milton, Massachusetts, while swimming with friends on Saturday, June 20, according to the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office. Officials said Costa went missing in the water... Continue Reading →
A Florida father died after a cooking fire tore through his apartment, while two of his young children were pulled from the smoke-filled home and survived. The fire broke out Saturday morning, May 30, at Pine Ridge Apartments in Gulf County, according to the Port St. Joe Police Department. When officers arrived, they were met... Continue Reading →
