Sudden Death: Grand Canyon

A 77-year-old Englewood woman was killed last week during a river outing in the Grand Canyon. The Denver Post reports that Barbara Evert, a member of the Colorado Mountain Club, was hiking “down the Grand Canyon’s Tabernacle Route near Upper Rattlesnake” when she fell more than 100 feet. She died instantly. Read the rest here.

Sudden Death: Rat

One person was killed and five others injured after a rat caused a car crash in Miami Sunday night, authorities said. The bizarre incident happened just after midnight in the area of North Miami Avenue and 29th Street when the rat caused an explosion that knocked out street lights at the intersection. “Believe it or