Tag: Dead

Indianapolis Officer Among 3 Hurt in Shooting; Suspect Dead

INDIANAPOLIS—Three people including a police officer were wounded and a suspect was dead in a shooting connected to a reported domestic disturbance in Indianapolis, authorities said. Officers were called to an apartment on the city’s northeast side about 9 p.m. Wednesday and tried to make contact with those inside. As they checked outside, police said…


Officials: 5 Children Home Alone Die in East St. Louis Fire

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.—Five children all younger than 10 who were left home without an adult died in a fire early Friday at an apartment building in southwestern Illinois, officials said. Fire crews were called to the building in East St. Louis before 3 a.m. and reported finding two children already dead inside a bedroom….


Officials: 5 Young Siblings Die in St. Louis-Area Fire

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.—Five siblings under the age of 10 died early Friday when a fire swept through their apartment in southwestern Illinois, and officials were investigating whether they had been left alone. Fire crews were called to the building in East St. Louis, which is just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, before…


Thai Officials Raise Security After Swiss Woman Found Dead

BANGKOK—Thai authorities have ordered heightened security measures on the resort island of Phuket after the discovery of the body of a 57-year-old Swiss tourist amid signs of foul play, officials said Friday. The woman’s partially clad body was found face down in water in a rock crevice near a waterfall Thursday afternoon by an island…


Illinois Officer Dies Trying to Stop Fleeing Car on Bridge

BROOKLYN, Ill.—An Illinois police officer died early Wednesday while trying to stop a car fleeing police into Missouri, authorities said. The officer from Brooklyn was struck around 3 a.m. on the McKinley Bridge, which connects the two states. He was setting up stop sticks, which flatten tires, when he was struck by a red Dodge…


Munich-to-Prague Train Collides With Czech Commuter Service, 3 Dead

MILAVCE, Czech Republic—A Munich-to-Prague express train ran through a stop signal and collided with a local commuter service in the Czech Republic on Wednesday and three people were killed including both train drivers, authorities said. Eight passengers were seriously injured and several were taken by helicopter to hospital from the crash site near the western…


Case Dropped Against Dead Woman in Indiana Hit-and-Run Case

INDIANAPOLIS—Prosecutors dropped their case against an Indiana woman who was charged in a hit-and-run crash during a southern Indiana protest last summer after learning she died in Colorado earlier this year. Christi Jane Bennett, 67, was found dead in a Denver hotel room on Feb. 6, according to police. She died of blunt force injuries…


3 Dead Near Michigan Country Music Festival Were School Pals

BROOKLYN, Mich.—Three young men who likely died from carbon monoxide exposure while camping near a country music festival in Michigan were pals who played high school football together. They were identified as Dawson Brown, 20, William Mays Jr., 20, who was known as Richie, and Kole Sova, 19, authorities said. “My heart is breaking for…


4 Michigan Festivalgoers Dead; 3 Exposed to Carbon Monoxide

BROOKLYN, Mich.—At least four people died while attending a weekend country music festival in southern Michigan, including three men who likely succumbed to carbon monoxide exposure inside a travel trailer, authorities said Saturday. Two more men were in critical condition at a hospital from the same exposure, the Lenawee County sheriff’s office said. The five…


Police Chief: 1 Dead in Oklahoma Asphalt Plant Explosion

ARDMORE, Okla.—One person was killed in an explosion Friday morning at an asphalt plant in southern Oklahoma, police said. Police Chief Kevin Norris said no one else was injured in the explosion at the Asphalt Express plant in Ardmore, about 90 miles south of Oklahoma City. “The ID of the deceased is still unknown, but…