Accident

Robby Ostberg.

Tremonton boy died from gunpowder explosion

TREMONTON — A 14-year-old boy who accidentally killed himself with a miniature cannon died after suffering severe head and face trauma from the powerful blast, not from being hit with a projectile, authorities said Monday.

Cache 2-year-old dies after dad backs car over him

MENDON -- A 2-year-old boy is dead after his father backed a car over him at their home in Mendon.

West Valley City police

Bulldozer operator falls 30 feet

WEST VALLEY CITY -- A construction worker has head injuries after falling 30 feet from a bulldozer.

Young Idaho woman raising money for a new eye

LEWISTON, Idaho -- At the age of 2, an accident left Alaina Kaufman completely blind in her right eye.

Now, the Lewiston 19-year-old is hoping to raise enough money for a prosthetic eye that will give her a new outlook on life. Since elementary school, she's kept the damaged eye covered by a swoop of hair, but this can lead to awkward inquiries.

Park City ski resort's chairlift.

UofU student dies in fall from Park City chairlift

PARK CITY — Authorities say a 19-year-old University of Utah student suffered a seizure before she fell from a chairlift at a Park City ski resort and died.

Debris and wreckage lie along the highway after a multi-vehicle accident that killed at least nine people, on Interstate 75 near Gainesville, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Authorities were still trying to determine what caused the pileup on the highway, which had been closed for a time because of the mixture of fog and heavy smoke from a brush fire. At least five cars and six tractor-trailers were involved, and some burst into flame. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)

Cause sought for deadly highway pileup

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Authorities in Florida were trying to determine Monday what caused the horrific pileup on Interstate 75 south of Gainesville, where a long line of cars and trucks collided one after another on a dark highway so shrouded in haze and smoke that drivers were blinded.

Roofer dies after collapse of Salt Lake patio roof

SALT LAKE CITY  -- Fire officials say a residential construction worker was killed after being crushed and trapped under a patio roof that suddenly collapsed.

Damaged garage doors.

Mysterious driver slams into Layton garage doors

LAYTON -- Zach Braegger has done all he can to repair his garage door after someone crashed their vehicle into it late Sunday night.

Braegger also performed some quick repair work to his own car, which was in the garage when the door came falling down. The impact from the moving vehicle pushed Braegger's car into several metal shelves and almost through a wall into the house.

Drilling rig in central Utah.

Roosevelt man injured in drilling rig accident

VERNAL -- A Roosevelt man has serious injuries after his hand was caught between moving pipes at an eastern Utah drilling rig.

Family website raises $287,000 to cover deceased skier's medical bills

PARK CITY -- A website set up by the family of deceased Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke has now raised more than $287,000 -- which should be enough to cover her medical bills while in a Salt Lake City hospital.

Robby Ostberg.

Cannon that killed Tremonton boy was miniature replica

TREMONTON -- A 14-year-old was killed Monday while handling a miniature cannon at his Tremonton home.

Tremonton teen shot, killed by toy cannon

 

TREMONTON  — A 14-year-old boy from Tremonton is dead after police say he accidentally shot himself with a miniature toy cannon.

A three-wheeled motorized taxi goes through rush hour traffic in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Car hits 12 pedestrians, 8 dead

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A woman driving a black minivan, with her three friends as passengers, lost control of the vehicle and plowed into 12 pedestrians in front of the PLN office at Gambir, Central Jakarta, on Sunday, claiming the lives of eight people and injuring the other four, a police officer has said.

Another vehicle slides into icy Logan River

LOGAN -- Authorities have issued a warning after another vehicle slid into an icy Utah river where a group of passers-by recently rescued three children from inside a car that rolled into the river.

Elderly man sorry he caused big Reno blaze

RENO, Nev.-- An elderly man discarding fireplace ashes accidentally touched off the brush fire that raged south of Reno, destroying 29 homes and forcing thousands of people to flee the flames, authorities said.

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