A fire ripped through a horse barn at a county fairground in southwest Ohio, killing two men and 43 horses, authorities said. The barn roof had collapsed by the time firefighters arrived at the Warren County Fairgrounds, about 25 miles northeast of Cincinatti. —L.A. Times, 12/06/09
WELD COUNTY – Colorado State Patrol investigators say an illegal u-turn forced a Brighton woman to crash into another car, skid off the road and roll down a hill killing her Saturday afternoon. Read the rest from 9News.com , “Illegal U-turn triggers crash, killing one woman” (Thanks to David Hawkins for this.)
VICTORVILLE, Calif. (KABC) — A Charter company worker was inside a Victorville home on Monday when, according to witnesses, he was attacked and killed by a man with a hammer. —11/10/09, “Man kills cable installer/vet with hammer”
A gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, police said, draining it from corpses and selling it for use in cosmetics. Three suspects have confessed to killing five people for their fat, police said. Two suspects allegedly had bottles of liquid human fat and claimed it was worth $60,000 a
A contestant on Wipeout, died after attempting to complete an obstacle course on the reality show. The man suffered from knee pain and shortness of breath during the Wipeout course, and was eventually taken to Cedars-Sinai Hospital, where, on November 5, he died after several brain surgeries. —11/13/09, Read the rest from the L.A. Times here.