A pedestrian was struck and killed by a Blue Line commuter train Friday afternoon, a transit official said. The incident occurred about 4:30 pm as the southbound train approached Spring St. at Del Mar Ave. The male victim was not identified. –From L.A. Times, 1/6/07
Saddam Hussein was hanged today. 2 Chronicles 21:20–“He passed away, to no one’s regret…”
A 210-foot construction crane collapsed and struck three buildings in Bellvue, killing a 31-year-old man inside a top-floor apartment that was crushed, authorities said. The crane was working on a nearby vacant office building. Its operator sufferd minor injuries in the collapse.
Upland police arrested a crane operator on suspicion of manslaughter Thursday after a driver slammed into a power pole being moved by a Southern California Edison contractor, killing the 81-year-old motorist and a utility worker. The power pole was suspended by the crane four feet above a north-south traffic lane when it was struck by
Death is strange and (most of the times) unexpected and sudden. I marvel (and am quite shocked) at the way in which some people die—how weird or funny—then I realize once again that God is very creative—even when it comes to death. Though the death of a person is always tragic, let us not lose