Just outside  Chicago, in southwest suburban Oak Lawn, Joan Orth was struck by a vehicle while crossing Kenton Avenue around 5:45  PM Monday evening.  The vehicle, driven by a male, was heading westbound on Kenton.  Orth was pronounced dead at 6:31 PM at Advocate Christ Medical Center, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.  Oak Lawn police Lt. Joe Stubbs said that alcohol is not believed...

Over the weekend, three men were killed in a single vehicle accident in New Kent County.  Lon Hogge Jr was driving his car with passengers Clarence Jackson III, and Paul Mula Saturday night when Hogge lost control of the vehicle, leaving the roadway and striking a culvert and some trees.  According to authorities, Hogge and Mula were not wearing seatbelts.  The accident occurred around 11 PM that night. ...

A 79-year old man was repairing a drainage tile Saturday afternoon when the trench he had dug collapsed, burying him under the dirt.  Emergency crews were called around 8:40 pm when the man’s wife could not reach him, and had her neighbor call 911.  When emergency crews arrived, they found the back hoe still running, and the 7 feet deep trench had collapsed.  The man’s name has not been released, pending...

In March of 2008, Deputy James Council fell asleep at the wheel, crossed the center line, and struck three bicyclists, killing two and badly injuring the third.  Matt Peterson, 29, and Kristy Gough, 30, had both won their divisions at a road-racing event eight days before they were killed.  Rip Gough and Karen Clarkson, Kristy’s parents, as well as Matt’s parents, John and Betty Peterson, sued the county...

Paul Lauritson  of Hudson, was driving Stephanie Dripps, of Dysart, on October 8 of this year.  They were involved in a collision resulting in both of their deaths.  The Benton County medical examiner’s office has now ruled that Ms. Dripps’ death was a homicide. Deputy Medical Examiner Dr. Mark Dearden says the homicide was caused by “multi-system trauma caused by a motor vehicle accident.”  No more...

Police in Wahpeton, North Dakota say that 52-year old Cathleen Dean ran a red light in her beet truck and killed an 18-yr old girl.  Ms. Dean has a criminal history, and is now facing years in jail and a fine following this latest incident.  Antoinette Gjesdal was the third car to go through the light, according to witnesses, before Ms. Dean ran the red light and hit her car, killing her.  Ms. Dean says she...

According to Ossian, Iowa authorities, Patrick O’Shaughnessy was working on a bulldozer when it apparently slipped off the jacks and pinned him.  Although his co-workers used a crane to lift the bulldozer, O’Shaughnessy was pronounced dead at the scene.  O’Shaughnessy had been working on a small bulldozer at Reilly construction in northeast Iowa.

While raising a ham radio antenna, two 50 year old parents, and their 15 year old son were electrocuted and ultimately killed when the antenna fell into a 13,000 volt power line in Palm Bay, Florida, according to police.  Palm Bay Fire Marshal Mike Couture said in his statement that the family had lost control of the antenna and it fell into the overhead power line.  The father and son were taken to a nearby...

Nicole Gallo, 19, was killed instantly when Rachael Jankins hit her with her car on August 14 just outside Delaware County Memorial Hospital.  Christine Bochanski, 20, was also hit, but is recovering after surgery for a broken back.  Jankins originally told police she was distracted with her iPod, but her blood tested positive for marijuana and difluoroethane, a chemical in compressed air used to clean computers. ...

Elizabeth Whitfield, of Anderson County, SC, called 911 to report her 10-month old son was having problems breathing.  Emergency crews arrived and took the mother and her two sons to a local hospital.  There, Jacob Whitfield, only 10 months old, was pronounced dead.  The mother was coated in chemicals from a bug fogger when she arrived at the hospital.  An investigation into the cause of the death led to...