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This really makes me feel queasy.
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Australian woman died after 'head was cut off during freak lawnmower accident'
An Australian woman walking to work was killed during a freak accident after she was struck in the head by flying metal thrown up by a grass cutter, which left her decapitated.
By Andrew Hough
Published: 1:52PM GMT 03 Mar 2010
The 42 year-old woman, who has not been named, is believed to have been struck by a 60cm piece of steel pipe, in what witnesses described as a “freak accident”.
Workplace safety officials have launched an investigation into the accident, which occurred on Wednesday morning in the north Queensland town of Townsville.
The Daily Telegraph understands the woman was decapitated and died instantly at the scene after walking past an empty block of land just after 8am.
Police said a tractor pulling a grass cutter ran over a steel pipe that had been lying in the long grass, which was then sent flying through the air at great speed.
Initial reports suggested she had been hit by a lawnmower blade due to the horrific nature of her injuries.
Police are investigating whether it was a blade that struck her.
The male tractor driver, an unnamed 48 year-old private contractor, is in hospital suffering shock.
It is understood he will be interviewed by police later.
Horrified witnesses have been offered counselling while children at the local Townsville Central State School were sent home for the day.
Cheryl Mortenson, a Queensland police spokeswoman, said the tractor lawnmower had been working nearby at the time the woman was walking past.
“She had been walking along the footpath when she was hit in the head by a piece of flying metal,” she told The Daily Telegraph.
“The tractor was operating nearby and she was struck in the head. We don’t know if it was a piece of metal or if it was another object.”
Darren Randall, a local policeman who attended the scene, added to the Townsville Bulletin: “She was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
“She just happened to be in the exact trajectory of the pipe.”
One woman said he had just driven around the corner just moments after the accident, where she discovered the woman lying on the ground.
“The mower guy was in shock, so I sat him down in the shade,” she told the paper.
''It was a freak accident.''
Geoff Eales, a local businessman, also told the paper that his staff had been left distressed by the incident.
''The policewoman said it was the worst thing she had seen in 15 years,'' he said.
''At the end of the day there is no other explanation than that it was bad luck.
''It was a one-in-a-million situation. If she had been one second later, or one second earlier, it wouldn't have happened.''
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland have launched an investigation.
Local police are also preparing a report for the local coroner.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... ident.html
An Australian woman walking to work was killed during a freak accident after she was struck in the head by flying metal thrown up by a grass cutter, which left her decapitated.
By Andrew Hough
Published: 1:52PM GMT 03 Mar 2010
The 42 year-old woman, who has not been named, is believed to have been struck by a 60cm piece of steel pipe, in what witnesses described as a “freak accident”.
Workplace safety officials have launched an investigation into the accident, which occurred on Wednesday morning in the north Queensland town of Townsville.
The Daily Telegraph understands the woman was decapitated and died instantly at the scene after walking past an empty block of land just after 8am.
Police said a tractor pulling a grass cutter ran over a steel pipe that had been lying in the long grass, which was then sent flying through the air at great speed.
Initial reports suggested she had been hit by a lawnmower blade due to the horrific nature of her injuries.
Police are investigating whether it was a blade that struck her.
The male tractor driver, an unnamed 48 year-old private contractor, is in hospital suffering shock.
It is understood he will be interviewed by police later.
Horrified witnesses have been offered counselling while children at the local Townsville Central State School were sent home for the day.
Cheryl Mortenson, a Queensland police spokeswoman, said the tractor lawnmower had been working nearby at the time the woman was walking past.
“She had been walking along the footpath when she was hit in the head by a piece of flying metal,” she told The Daily Telegraph.
“The tractor was operating nearby and she was struck in the head. We don’t know if it was a piece of metal or if it was another object.”
Darren Randall, a local policeman who attended the scene, added to the Townsville Bulletin: “She was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
“She just happened to be in the exact trajectory of the pipe.”
One woman said he had just driven around the corner just moments after the accident, where she discovered the woman lying on the ground.
“The mower guy was in shock, so I sat him down in the shade,” she told the paper.
''It was a freak accident.''
Geoff Eales, a local businessman, also told the paper that his staff had been left distressed by the incident.
''The policewoman said it was the worst thing she had seen in 15 years,'' he said.
''At the end of the day there is no other explanation than that it was bad luck.
''It was a one-in-a-million situation. If she had been one second later, or one second earlier, it wouldn't have happened.''
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland have launched an investigation.
Local police are also preparing a report for the local coroner.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... ident.html
Two Russian directors boil to death in sauna
March 03, 2010
"TWO Russian men died in a sauna after jumping into a plunge pool that had accidentally been heated to boiling point, investigators and media said.
The two men jumped into the pool to cool down after sweating in a steam room.
A third man tried to save the victims but was unable to pull the men out of the boiling water, Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid reported today.
The two men's bodies were discovered in the sauna in the city of Kirov in central Russia on February 18 and "their death was caused by overheating", the Kirov regional investigative committee confirmed in a statement.
The water in the pool was "overheated due to an error by one of the victims," investigators said.
Saunas usually include a cold plunge pool.
The men were named by investigators as the director of an old people's home and the director of a residential home for people with psychiatric problems."
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/tw ... 5836307806
March 03, 2010
"TWO Russian men died in a sauna after jumping into a plunge pool that had accidentally been heated to boiling point, investigators and media said.
The two men jumped into the pool to cool down after sweating in a steam room.
A third man tried to save the victims but was unable to pull the men out of the boiling water, Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid reported today.
The two men's bodies were discovered in the sauna in the city of Kirov in central Russia on February 18 and "their death was caused by overheating", the Kirov regional investigative committee confirmed in a statement.
The water in the pool was "overheated due to an error by one of the victims," investigators said.
Saunas usually include a cold plunge pool.
The men were named by investigators as the director of an old people's home and the director of a residential home for people with psychiatric problems."
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/tw ... 5836307806
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It sounds like a bizarre murder rather than a suicide.
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I heard it was Terence Trent D'Arby.
Sign Your Name Across My Part! :shock:
Sign Your Name Across My Part! :shock:
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U.S. jogger killed after plane crash-lands on top of him as he runs on the beach
By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 4:51 PM on 16th March 2010
A single-engine plane killed a jogger yesterday as it made an emergency landing on a beach.
The plane had been experiencing engine trouble for over an hour as it flew up the coast from Florida towards Virginia in the U.S.
It was directed to land at Hilton Head Airport in South Carolina but at 13,000ft oil began to leak on the windshield blocking the view of the pilot and his passenger.
Then the propeller came off and the pilot decided to make an emergency landing on the beach near the Hilton Head Marriott Resort and Spa.
It was at this point that the Experimental Lancair IV-P plane hit the beachgoer who was either jogging or walking.
The plane came to rest a little farther down the beach.
Patrick Murphy, manager of the Dunes House, a beachside bar and restaurant, told South Carolina's The State paper he witnessed the crash.
'It was obvious that the engine had gone out because there was no sound - it was like a glider,' he said. 'It was awful. A bunch of us called 911, and the fire department was here within five minutes.'
The names of the man killed, as well as the pilot and passenger on the plane have not been released.
'They [the pilot and his companion] were really shook up,' said Joheida Fister, of the Hilton Head Fire and Rescue Division.
'I would have to say it's pretty unusual.'
The plane left Orlando at 4.45pm and was headed for Virginia. It crashed just after 6pm on Monday.
The four-seater plane has a turbine engine and can be built from a kit. It can fly up to 370mph (595kph), according to the Lancair website.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldne ... z0iQjC1I9F
By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 4:51 PM on 16th March 2010
A single-engine plane killed a jogger yesterday as it made an emergency landing on a beach.
The plane had been experiencing engine trouble for over an hour as it flew up the coast from Florida towards Virginia in the U.S.
It was directed to land at Hilton Head Airport in South Carolina but at 13,000ft oil began to leak on the windshield blocking the view of the pilot and his passenger.
Then the propeller came off and the pilot decided to make an emergency landing on the beach near the Hilton Head Marriott Resort and Spa.
It was at this point that the Experimental Lancair IV-P plane hit the beachgoer who was either jogging or walking.
The plane came to rest a little farther down the beach.
Patrick Murphy, manager of the Dunes House, a beachside bar and restaurant, told South Carolina's The State paper he witnessed the crash.
'It was obvious that the engine had gone out because there was no sound - it was like a glider,' he said. 'It was awful. A bunch of us called 911, and the fire department was here within five minutes.'
The names of the man killed, as well as the pilot and passenger on the plane have not been released.
'They [the pilot and his companion] were really shook up,' said Joheida Fister, of the Hilton Head Fire and Rescue Division.
'I would have to say it's pretty unusual.'
The plane left Orlando at 4.45pm and was headed for Virginia. It crashed just after 6pm on Monday.
The four-seater plane has a turbine engine and can be built from a kit. It can fly up to 370mph (595kph), according to the Lancair website.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldne ... z0iQjC1I9F
...or maybe this should come under "embarrassing deaths"?
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/man-dies-afte ... utostart=1
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Killer icicles terrorise Russians
Falling icicles and ice blocks have killed five people and injured 147 in St Petersburg following Russia's coldest winter in 30 years.
Published: 11:12AM GMT 24 Mar 2010
"Every day, I go out into the street as if I was entering a war zone," complained resident Boris Ilinsky, 28.
"I've got to keep my eyes on the ground to avoid slipping and I'm also looking up to avoid falling lumps of ice," he added.
The high toll has prompted residents and relatives of victims to demand action against those responsible for what they believe to be careless clearing of ice from rooftops.
Milana Kashtanova, 21, is the latest victim, and has been in a coma since February, when she was hit by the ice which was being cleared from a rooftop.
"Milana was just walking past a building in the city centre... There was no warning tape, nothing to alert people that people were working on the roof," said Miss Kashtanova's boyfriend, Irinei Kalachev.
But municipal authorities argued that the accident was her own fault, saying she ignored warning shouts from street cleaners because she was wearing headphones and listening to music, Mr Kalachev said.
Her outraged family has appealed to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, demanding that he punish the city officials responsible.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... sians.html
Falling icicles and ice blocks have killed five people and injured 147 in St Petersburg following Russia's coldest winter in 30 years.
Published: 11:12AM GMT 24 Mar 2010
"Every day, I go out into the street as if I was entering a war zone," complained resident Boris Ilinsky, 28.
"I've got to keep my eyes on the ground to avoid slipping and I'm also looking up to avoid falling lumps of ice," he added.
The high toll has prompted residents and relatives of victims to demand action against those responsible for what they believe to be careless clearing of ice from rooftops.
Milana Kashtanova, 21, is the latest victim, and has been in a coma since February, when she was hit by the ice which was being cleared from a rooftop.
"Milana was just walking past a building in the city centre... There was no warning tape, nothing to alert people that people were working on the roof," said Miss Kashtanova's boyfriend, Irinei Kalachev.
But municipal authorities argued that the accident was her own fault, saying she ignored warning shouts from street cleaners because she was wearing headphones and listening to music, Mr Kalachev said.
Her outraged family has appealed to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, demanding that he punish the city officials responsible.
etc...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... sians.html
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In Krakow one spring, a mate and I spent many happy hours pushing each other under falls of snow from roofs. It really does come down with a crash. Great fun. :lol:
Being English, with little experience of weather outside drizzle and weak sunshine, we did not appreciate the danger.
Being English, with little experience of weather outside drizzle and weak sunshine, we did not appreciate the danger.
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I assumed that the headline meant that a blow-out had caused a crash, but no...
Woman dies after tyre explosion
A US air force officer who was on holiday in Scotland has died after a car tyre she was holding exploded.
Capt Jenna Wilcox, 27, was on a break with her husband when the accident happened in Dalkeith, Midlothian, on Saturday.
She died at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh on Thursday, five days after she sustained the injuries.
Capt Wilcox was holding the car tyre inside the vehicle, because it would not fit in the boot, when it exploded. :shock:
It is thought the couple had changed the tyre on the BMW Z3, after noticing a bulge in it, but that Capt Wilcox was holding it because the boot was full of luggage.
It is not known what caused the tyre to blow up.
Her 27-year-old husband suffered minor injuries in the explosion, which happened in Edinburgh Road, Dalkeith, at about 1800 GMT on Saturday 27 March.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edi ... 600833.stm
Woman dies after tyre explosion
A US air force officer who was on holiday in Scotland has died after a car tyre she was holding exploded.
Capt Jenna Wilcox, 27, was on a break with her husband when the accident happened in Dalkeith, Midlothian, on Saturday.
She died at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh on Thursday, five days after she sustained the injuries.
Capt Wilcox was holding the car tyre inside the vehicle, because it would not fit in the boot, when it exploded. :shock:
It is thought the couple had changed the tyre on the BMW Z3, after noticing a bulge in it, but that Capt Wilcox was holding it because the boot was full of luggage.
It is not known what caused the tyre to blow up.
Her 27-year-old husband suffered minor injuries in the explosion, which happened in Edinburgh Road, Dalkeith, at about 1800 GMT on Saturday 27 March.
etc...
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Muslim woman dies as hijab is caught in go-kart axle
An Australian woman has died after the Islamic head dress that she was wearing was caught in the axle of a go-kart during a family outing to a racing track.
By Bonnie Malkin in Sydney
Published: 7:00AM BST 09 Apr 2010
The woman, 26, suffered severe neck injuries and went into cardiac arrest after her hijab, which covers the head and neck, became stuck in the kart's machinery while she was driving at high speed.
Paramedics managed to revive the woman after material from the hijab tightened around her throat and she was airlifted to hospital, where she later died.
Local media reports said that her husband and children were at the track at the time.
Police have opened an investigation into the incident, which took place at the Port Stephens Go-Kart track on the New South Wales midcoast, and have seized the go-kart for forensic examination.
Detective Inspector Peter Fox of Port Stephens local area command told Fairfax news websites that the longer part of the scarf was wedged down near one of the go-kart's wheel axles.
"[It appears] the scarf was pulled across her throat ... from one side of the body to the other side," he said.
Police said the woman and her family had been holidaying in Port Stephens, a popular coastal town, prior to the accident.
Signs at the track warn visitors about inappropriate footwear and advises drivers that they use the track at their own risk. However, there are no regulations about scarves or head dresses.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... -axle.html
An Australian woman has died after the Islamic head dress that she was wearing was caught in the axle of a go-kart during a family outing to a racing track.
By Bonnie Malkin in Sydney
Published: 7:00AM BST 09 Apr 2010
The woman, 26, suffered severe neck injuries and went into cardiac arrest after her hijab, which covers the head and neck, became stuck in the kart's machinery while she was driving at high speed.
Paramedics managed to revive the woman after material from the hijab tightened around her throat and she was airlifted to hospital, where she later died.
Local media reports said that her husband and children were at the track at the time.
Police have opened an investigation into the incident, which took place at the Port Stephens Go-Kart track on the New South Wales midcoast, and have seized the go-kart for forensic examination.
Detective Inspector Peter Fox of Port Stephens local area command told Fairfax news websites that the longer part of the scarf was wedged down near one of the go-kart's wheel axles.
"[It appears] the scarf was pulled across her throat ... from one side of the body to the other side," he said.
Police said the woman and her family had been holidaying in Port Stephens, a popular coastal town, prior to the accident.
Signs at the track warn visitors about inappropriate footwear and advises drivers that they use the track at their own risk. However, there are no regulations about scarves or head dresses.
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Tourists flock to world's newest volcano
The eruption of Iceland's Fimmvorduhals volcano is proving a magnet for tourists and thrill-seekers.
By Nick Meo in Eyjafjallajokull
Published: 6:18PM BST 10 Apr 2010
They were ill-equipped for the journey across Iceland's frozen Highlands, but for a chance to see the greatest show on earth, it seemed worth the risk.
Last week, though, a party of sightseeers who headed to see the country's newest volcano paid the ultimate price of admission when their car got stuck near its molten ring.
They perished not from extreme heat but from extreme cold - after running out of petrol for their SUV, two of the group froze to death in -30C temperatures, while the third was taken to hospital suffering from exposure.
The casualties have illustrated the powerful yet deadly allure of the Fimmvorduhals volcano, which is proving equally spectacular as a tourist draw since it exploded into being on March 21. The first major eruption for years in the land of fire and ice, it is a welcome boon for Iceland's battered economy after its 2008 financial meltdown.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... lcano.html
Ironic to visit one of the planet's hottest places, and die of cold.
The eruption of Iceland's Fimmvorduhals volcano is proving a magnet for tourists and thrill-seekers.
By Nick Meo in Eyjafjallajokull
Published: 6:18PM BST 10 Apr 2010
They were ill-equipped for the journey across Iceland's frozen Highlands, but for a chance to see the greatest show on earth, it seemed worth the risk.
Last week, though, a party of sightseeers who headed to see the country's newest volcano paid the ultimate price of admission when their car got stuck near its molten ring.
They perished not from extreme heat but from extreme cold - after running out of petrol for their SUV, two of the group froze to death in -30C temperatures, while the third was taken to hospital suffering from exposure.
The casualties have illustrated the powerful yet deadly allure of the Fimmvorduhals volcano, which is proving equally spectacular as a tourist draw since it exploded into being on March 21. The first major eruption for years in the land of fire and ice, it is a welcome boon for Iceland's battered economy after its 2008 financial meltdown.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... lcano.html
Ironic to visit one of the planet's hottest places, and die of cold.
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It's very sad.
I thought scrap metal people routinely checked for radioactivity...?
I thought scrap metal people routinely checked for radioactivity...?
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Supposed to be but look at the dangerous waste that turns up in dumops in the British Isles. We're supposed to have strong enforcement. How much worse things must be in developing countries.
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Passenger beheaded on Canada bus
A man on a Greyhound bus travelling across the Canadian Prairies has killed and decapitated a fellow passenger.
An eyewitness said the victim was stabbed 50 or 60 times by the man sitting next to him, who then severed his head with a large knife.
The driver pulled over and passengers fled from the bus, bracing the door to keep the attacker inside.
A 40-year-old man was arrested after a stand-off lasting several hours and remains in police custody.
The bus, with 37 passengers and a driver aboard, was travelling from Edmonton, Alberta, to Winnipeg, Manitoba.
"All of a sudden, we all heard this scream, this bloodcurdling scream," passenger Garnet Caton told CBC television.
"The attacker was standing up right over the top of the guy with a large hunting knife - a survival, Rambo knife - holding the guy and continually stabbing him... in the chest area," Mr Caton added.
The attack continued as passengers fled the bus and waited for police on a desolate stretch of the TransCanada Highway near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.
Mr Caton, the bus driver and a trucker who had stopped at the scene boarded the vehicle to see if the victim was still alive.
"When we came back on the bus... he was cutting the guy's head off and pretty much gutting him up," Mr Caton said.
The attacker ran at them, Mr Caton said, and they ran out of the bus, holding the door shut to prevent him getting out.
"He calmly walks up to the front [of the bus] with the head in his hand and the knife and just calmly stares at us and drops the head right in front of us," Mr Caton said. :shock:
"There was no rage in him ... It was just like he was a robot or something," he added.
A 40-year-old man was arrested by police at around 0100 (0700 GMT) on Wednesday night, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sgt Steve Colwell told reporters.
He said that police apprehended the suspect after a confrontation lasting several hours when the man broke a bus window and tried to escape.
The man has not yet been charged, Sgt Colwell said, adding that he could release no further information on the investigation.
The RCMP have not identified the suspect or the victim.
When the attacker tried to drive the bus away, the driver disabled the vehicle.
"Some people were puking, some people were crying, other people were in shock ... everybody was running, screaming off the bus," Mr Caton said.
Sgt Colwell said the "brave" behaviour of the passengers and driver probably prevented anyone else from being hurt.
Other passengers said that the attacker and his victim were sitting at the back of the bus and the victim, described as around 20 years old, was listening to music through headphones.
The attack appeared to be unprovoked and it is thought the killer did not know his victim.
The passengers have been taken to a hotel in Brandon, Manitoba, and are being given crisis counselling.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7535840.stm
A man on a Greyhound bus travelling across the Canadian Prairies has killed and decapitated a fellow passenger.
An eyewitness said the victim was stabbed 50 or 60 times by the man sitting next to him, who then severed his head with a large knife.
The driver pulled over and passengers fled from the bus, bracing the door to keep the attacker inside.
A 40-year-old man was arrested after a stand-off lasting several hours and remains in police custody.
The bus, with 37 passengers and a driver aboard, was travelling from Edmonton, Alberta, to Winnipeg, Manitoba.
"All of a sudden, we all heard this scream, this bloodcurdling scream," passenger Garnet Caton told CBC television.
"The attacker was standing up right over the top of the guy with a large hunting knife - a survival, Rambo knife - holding the guy and continually stabbing him... in the chest area," Mr Caton added.
The attack continued as passengers fled the bus and waited for police on a desolate stretch of the TransCanada Highway near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.
Mr Caton, the bus driver and a trucker who had stopped at the scene boarded the vehicle to see if the victim was still alive.
"When we came back on the bus... he was cutting the guy's head off and pretty much gutting him up," Mr Caton said.
The attacker ran at them, Mr Caton said, and they ran out of the bus, holding the door shut to prevent him getting out.
"He calmly walks up to the front [of the bus] with the head in his hand and the knife and just calmly stares at us and drops the head right in front of us," Mr Caton said. :shock:
"There was no rage in him ... It was just like he was a robot or something," he added.
A 40-year-old man was arrested by police at around 0100 (0700 GMT) on Wednesday night, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sgt Steve Colwell told reporters.
He said that police apprehended the suspect after a confrontation lasting several hours when the man broke a bus window and tried to escape.
The man has not yet been charged, Sgt Colwell said, adding that he could release no further information on the investigation.
The RCMP have not identified the suspect or the victim.
When the attacker tried to drive the bus away, the driver disabled the vehicle.
"Some people were puking, some people were crying, other people were in shock ... everybody was running, screaming off the bus," Mr Caton said.
Sgt Colwell said the "brave" behaviour of the passengers and driver probably prevented anyone else from being hurt.
Other passengers said that the attacker and his victim were sitting at the back of the bus and the victim, described as around 20 years old, was listening to music through headphones.
The attack appeared to be unprovoked and it is thought the killer did not know his victim.
The passengers have been taken to a hotel in Brandon, Manitoba, and are being given crisis counselling.
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Tragedy of brilliant student who competed at Commonwealth Games killed by altitude sickness on gap year in Peru
By Fay Schlesinger
Last updated at 6:59 PM on 31st May 2010
A gifted university graduate died after collapsing with altitude sickness while trekking in Peru during a gap year.
Katrina Jacks, 23, the daughter of two doctors, was hiking near Lake Titicaca when she became ill in the thin air.
At 12,555ft above sea level, Titicaca is one of the highest navigable lakes in the world.
Miss Jacks, a former public schoolgirl who had rowed for Great Britain, died from 'natural causes' associated with the 'acute effects' of high altitude, her parents Alasdair and Susanna said.
The couple, both GPs in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, yesterday paid tribute to their daughter who went to the £20,000-a-year Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls before graduating from Imperial College, London, with a first-class degree in chemical engineering last year.
'Katrina will be very sadly missed by her family, boyfriend Jon and all her many friends,' her parents said.
'She was extremely bright and gained straight As at both GCSE and A-level. She was a proficient needlewoman and loved baking, especially for her friends.
'Her huge contribution helped build the strong foundations of rowing at the school today and will be considered a lasting legacy. Her loss will be immeasurable.'
A superb rower, Miss Jacks took gold at the National Schools Championships, represented Great Britain at under-16 level and was part of the Welsh eight that won silver in the 2006 Commonwealth Rowing Championships.
Known to her friends as Kay, she was travelling before starting a job with an engineering consultancy and was several months into a trip around South America when the tragedy happened on May 16.
Mild altitude sickness, caused by low air pressure, can strike at 8,000ft above sea level while more severe and - in rare cases - fatal symptoms occur above 12,000ft.
The air breathed in contains the same percentage of oxygen as at lower altitudes but the air pressure falls, meaning each breath contains fewer oxygen molecules.
Sufferers become breathless, nauseous, dizzy and exhausted. In the most serious instances, altitude sickness can lead to fatal levels of fluid on the lungs or brain. The illness is unpredictable and affects people of all ages and levels of fitness.
Miss Jacks's body has been returned to the UK.
Her parents were yesterday preparing for her funeral and comforting her grieving boyfriend and her brother and sister William, 25, and Rosie, 20, at their £350,000 home.
A friend described the family as 'very private' and said they were too distraught to talk further.
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By Fay Schlesinger
Last updated at 6:59 PM on 31st May 2010
A gifted university graduate died after collapsing with altitude sickness while trekking in Peru during a gap year.
Katrina Jacks, 23, the daughter of two doctors, was hiking near Lake Titicaca when she became ill in the thin air.
At 12,555ft above sea level, Titicaca is one of the highest navigable lakes in the world.
Miss Jacks, a former public schoolgirl who had rowed for Great Britain, died from 'natural causes' associated with the 'acute effects' of high altitude, her parents Alasdair and Susanna said.
The couple, both GPs in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, yesterday paid tribute to their daughter who went to the £20,000-a-year Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls before graduating from Imperial College, London, with a first-class degree in chemical engineering last year.
'Katrina will be very sadly missed by her family, boyfriend Jon and all her many friends,' her parents said.
'She was extremely bright and gained straight As at both GCSE and A-level. She was a proficient needlewoman and loved baking, especially for her friends.
'Her huge contribution helped build the strong foundations of rowing at the school today and will be considered a lasting legacy. Her loss will be immeasurable.'
A superb rower, Miss Jacks took gold at the National Schools Championships, represented Great Britain at under-16 level and was part of the Welsh eight that won silver in the 2006 Commonwealth Rowing Championships.
Known to her friends as Kay, she was travelling before starting a job with an engineering consultancy and was several months into a trip around South America when the tragedy happened on May 16.
Mild altitude sickness, caused by low air pressure, can strike at 8,000ft above sea level while more severe and - in rare cases - fatal symptoms occur above 12,000ft.
The air breathed in contains the same percentage of oxygen as at lower altitudes but the air pressure falls, meaning each breath contains fewer oxygen molecules.
Sufferers become breathless, nauseous, dizzy and exhausted. In the most serious instances, altitude sickness can lead to fatal levels of fluid on the lungs or brain. The illness is unpredictable and affects people of all ages and levels of fitness.
Miss Jacks's body has been returned to the UK.
Her parents were yesterday preparing for her funeral and comforting her grieving boyfriend and her brother and sister William, 25, and Rosie, 20, at their £350,000 home.
A friend described the family as 'very private' and said they were too distraught to talk further.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z0paapyumb
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Freeman’s body was found by police in a bathroom of the home Monday afternoon after his wife, Martha Ann Freeman, 40, asked a neighbor to call authorities.
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Has anybody else been watching the "1000 ways to die" Programme on Bravo? I'm getting more... suspicious over some of the deaths featured. Some have already raised alarm bells but I am almost 100% certain that the double death picked as their No 1 must be an urban myth.
(That of the virginal Japaniese couple who constantly failed to comsumate their marriage because every time they tried it ened in the pair having a panic attack each. que scene of couple reaching for brown paper bags to blow into
eventually after 7 years, and both getting blotto on a bottle of plum wine they finnally get it together only to die simultaniously from heart attacks due to them both being unused to the exhersion required to ... copulate.
It dosn't take THAT much energy surley? especially if your a woman? how hard is it (pardon the pun) to look up at the ceailling, count the cracks and wonder if he's in or not?
(That of the virginal Japaniese couple who constantly failed to comsumate their marriage because every time they tried it ened in the pair having a panic attack each. que scene of couple reaching for brown paper bags to blow into
eventually after 7 years, and both getting blotto on a bottle of plum wine they finnally get it together only to die simultaniously from heart attacks due to them both being unused to the exhersion required to ... copulate.
It dosn't take THAT much energy surley? especially if your a woman? how hard is it (pardon the pun) to look up at the ceailling, count the cracks and wonder if he's in or not?