Two people were injured in a Waxahachie home explosion early Monday morning, according to NBC DFW. The accident happened in the Saddlebrook Estates neighborhood of Waxahachie at about 8 a.m. and leveled most the home involved and damaged up to nine other homes. A woman and her special needs brother were inside at the time […]
A young woman in England lost her stomach after consuming a liquid nitrogen drink at a bar, according to the Huffington Post. Gaby Scanlon, now 20, was celebrating her 18th birthday at a Lancaster bar when she was given a Jagermeister shot with liquid nitrogen. Liquid nitrogen drinks must be allowed to cool off before […]
An electrician was killed while working at an under-construction school in San Antonio, according to NBC DFW. The worker, whom hasn’t been identified, was found on Thursday afternoon after his coworkers noticed he had been missing for a while. He was working at an unopened high school in Judson Independent School District when he is […]
A young e-cigarette smoker was severely injured when it exploded inside of his mouth in July, according to Cosmopolitan. 23-year-old James Lauria, from Destin, Florida, left work on July 29th to smoke from an e-cigarette when it suddenly exploded in his mouth, leaving him with a fractured neck and finger and burning his cornea and […]
A North Texas couple has been reunited with their baby after a mix-up at an El Salvadorian hospital, according to NBC DFW. Richard Cushworth and his wife, Mercedes Casanellas, travelled to Casanellas’ home country, El Salvador, to give birth to their child. Upon returning to Dallas, they noticed their child did not look like them […]
Three people were injured on a New York City subway car derailed last Thursday, according to NBC New York. The train was carrying 100 passengers when its two front wheels derailed just north of the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station in Brooklyn at about 10:30 p.m. Three people were transported to hospitals for treatment, one for dizziness and […]
The city of Baltimore has reached an agreement that will provide $6.4 million settlement to the family of Freddie Gray, according to the Huffington Post. No details of the agreement have been released, but may come as soon as Tuesday of next week. Gray was killed in April after sustaining a severe spinal injury during […]
A Denton man was killed in southeast Texas last Saturday in a refinery accident, according to NCB DFW. 66-year-old Thomas Courts was operating a bulldozer at a plant near Port Arthur, likely disposing of petroleum coke, early Saturday when his machine fell into the 200-degree wastewater pit. A co-worker used his machine to pull Courts […]
Two men were injured after a train collision in northeast Texas, according to NBC DFW. The accident occurred on Union Pacific property in Texarkana early Tuesday. Two freight trains carrying new cars collided, causing four cars to derail and injuring a conductor and engineer. Both men suffered minor injuries and were taken to the hospital […]
A man falsely accused of rape has filed a lawsuit against the Dallas Police Department, according to NBC DFW. Alan Mason was accused of nine rapes in 2013, and was dubbed the “South Dallas rapist” for a time. Police released Mason’s photo and asked the public to locate him before his arrest on separate charged. Mason […]