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Mum dies after falling and smashing head on treadmill in gym as sister watched
Delrie Rosario, 36, leaves behind four children after missing a step as she ran on a treadmill at the LA Fitness Centre in Kent, Washington, US, where she exercised daily with her sister
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Baby girl drowns after dog knocks her into kids' pool as cops quiz granddad
Nevaeh Fugate, 1, was playing with her four-year-old sibling outside their Louisiana home when she was knocked into the mostly drained pool. Her mum, who has full custody, say the child was supposed to being looked after by her grandad
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Man suffers 'worst ever' death trapped in cave for 17 days as 50,000 watched on
Floyd Collins, from Kentucky in the United States, suffered possibly the worst ever death in front of 50,000 visitors after he became stuck in a cave following a rock fall and died 17 days later
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Pride of Britain nominee dies in bike crash during 200mph world record attempt
Army veteran and charity fundraiser Martin McConnell was aiming to break the 200mph record at the Terminal Velocity road show at Tibenham Airfield on Sunday morning before he lost his life
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Woman slips 100ft off clifftop to her death moments after getting engaged
A couple's romantic evening turned into tragedy just moments after they got engaged when the 39-year-old fiancee plummeted 100ft to her death in a tragic clifftop fall
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Moment disabled mum's summer house bursts into flames destroying home business
Michelle Johnson's celebratory balloon business was destroyed in the inferno, which also decimated and her garden and damaged the patio and bedroom windows of her property
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Fishermen spend four days at sea floating in plastic boxes after boat capsizes
The three Malaysian fishermen set off with another three colleagues on July 18, but though they were supposed to return the following morning their vessel was shipwrecked by the choppy conditions
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Girl, 9, killed in 'dreadfully tragic' crash after being thrown from quad bike
Nine-year old Layla Lupica died at the scene after being thrown from the off-road vehicle, which was being driven by her dad. Police are now investigating the incident
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Boat crashes out of lake into a house in horror smash as 'drunk' driver arrested
Shortly before midnight the boat carrened onto the shore of Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, launching into a lakeside home before overturning and throwing all eight passengers off. Six were seriously injured including the driver
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Man could only talk by blinking after horror crash left him in coma for 3 months
Andrew Sutcliffe, 48, from Southport, suffered a horror motorbike crash that left him with a broken neck and spinal injuries so severe that he couldn't talk - and had to communicate through blinking
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Fitness influencer killed by barbell crashing on his head in horror accident
The 33-year-old was training in Bali when he struggled to stand upright with the weight, falls onto his bum and hits the floor, causing the stacked barbell to come crashing down
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Student, 21, plummets 300ft to his death as girlfriend watches on mountain top
A college student that was described by friends and family as a 'nature lover' plummeted 300ft from the summit he was climbing in Oregon's Cascade Mountains
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Moment road explodes as buses sent flying and one dead in mystery blast
At least one person was killed and several others were injured when a main road in Johannesburg, South Africa, suddenly exploded during rush hour, thanks to a suspected gas leak
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Schoolgirl's throat cut by nail in horror incident at 'death trap' playground
WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES Schoolgirl Lexi-Mae Lafferty had been at a play park in Stirling when she slipped and cut her neck on a protruding screw, slashing her throat open
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Family found 'pieces' of mum run over by lawnmower after police visited scene
The family of Christine Chavez, killed when she was run over by a lawnmower, says they found blood and pieces of her at the scene after police visited the scene
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Boy, 10, and dad killed in moped crash while carrying out 'final errand'
Eoin Fitzpatrick, 36, was tragically killed alongside his 10-year-old son, Dylan, on the last day of their holiday in Turkey when a moped they were riding was hit by a bus
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Student, 18, killed as tyre breaks loose from truck, smashes through windscreen
A teen university student was killed in Kentucky when a tyre from a truck came loose and hit her windscreen. Lauren Collins, 18, had to be 'extricated' from her car
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GoPro helmet cam found with recording of man drowning - but he's still missing
Paul Rodriguez Jr, inadvertently filmed his own death with a GoPro camera when he drowned after his kayak overturned from the glacier in Mendenhall Lake, Juneau, Alaska
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Royal Navy technician sues Ministry of Defence after he loses eye in accident
The helicopter antennae plunged into Elliott Courtman's eye and, as the 27-year-old man suffered such a penetrating injury, surgeons had to remove it
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Tragedy as woman, 83, collides with pedestrian and dies after suffering injuries
Inelfa Zanna had been walking down the road in Islington, North London, when she collided with another pedestrian, leading to her being taken to hospital where she would catch an infection and die
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Mum 27, killed after being run over by lawnmower while laying down in park
WARNING: GRAPHIC DETAIL. Christine Chavez was lying in a park in California when she was run over by a landscaper who was cutting the grass with a John Deere pull-behind tractor and didn't see her
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Mum's prolonged grief as son, 7, is electrocuted to death in a pub beer garden
When Harvey Tyrrell touched unsafe lighting in the beer garden of a pub in Harold Wood, Essex, the youngster - described as a "beautiful little soul" - suffered fatal injuries
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Horrifying moment man gets foot trapped in shopping centre escalator
WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: A man was carrying out repairs on an escalator in a shopping centre when the horrific incident happened and he had to be quickly rescued
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Boy, 3, dies after falling into underground water tank without anyone noticing
Tate Holtzman was attending day camp at a water park as a treat when he fell into the below-ground water storage tank unnoticed with lifeguards taking 10 minutes to free him in Cambridge, Vermont
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Brit boy, 12, dies in 'tragic accident' while family is volunteering in Vietnam
Otis Walder-Robb, 12, was pulled from a pool by other children in Vietnam on Frida and tragically died, family friends say as they raise funds to bring him home to Thailand
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