Sudden Death: Hot Air Balloon

January 8, 2012 (WELLINGTON, New Zealand) — A hot air balloon carrying 11 people turned into a tower of “sheer flame” Saturday after hitting power lines in a rural area of New Zealand, killing everyone aboard and horrifying residents. “It’s a tragedy as bad as tragedies get,” local police commander Brent Register said. It was

Sudden Death: Elevator

LONG BEACH, Calif. — A Cal State Long Beach employee was crushed to death Wednesday in a horrific elevator accident in the university’s Foundation Building, authorities said. Cal State Long Beach spokeswoman Toni Beron said the accident around 9 a.m. when authorities received a call for a woman trapped in an elevator on the third