Accidental death

Why a Florida beauty queen's vehicle crossed the center line and crashed head-on into an 18-wheeler remains a mystery.

Two children were found unresponsive after sleeping in a van alongside their family in a parking garage outside a Detroit casino.

A 23-year-old man has been arrested on manslaughter and firearms charges after his friend—who insisted he could dodge bullets—was fatally shot.

The victim was allegedly inside a tent when he was crushed by a front loader being used to clear out the encampment.

The trial of a man accused of accidentally killing his sleeping neighbor through the shared wall of their apartments while cleaning his gun began Monday.

A man's death was recorded on camera when his drunken friends dared him to sit on a box of fireworks.

The woman's family said she was an experienced photographer and skydiver, and would share her photos taken at the drop zone to her photography page.

A Michigan man was sentenced prison under new gun storage laws after his loaded, unlocked shotgun was used in the accidental death of his grandson.

Detectives said that the boyfriend gave two different statements to two different officers, and refused to answer questions or let them search his truck.

A coroner ruled that the man accidentally stabbed while trying to separate burgers after police found no signs of forced entry or suicide.

Local authorities in Brooklyn on Monday have revealed the cause of death of a bakery employee and immigrant who was found dead in a walk-in freezer at his workplace.

A doctor in Texas was charged and arrested on Thursday after he was found to have been putting drugs in IV bags, one of which caused the death of a colleague of his.

Ivana Trump, the first wife of former U.S. President Donald Trump, is reported to have died on Thursday from a presumed accidental fall from a staircase.

A young boy with autism was found dead on Sunday after he had gone missing early in the morning, with the police investigating the death as a suspected accidental drowning.

A woman in Los Angeles and her two dogs were killed on Wednesday after a freak lightning strike during a thunderstorm hit her while she was walking her dogs.

The death of a teenager who was killed during an amusement park ride is being investigated after it was revealed on Monday that he weighed over 100 pounds too much of the ride's maximum weight limit.

Two young children from St. Louis were killed on Friday during a birthday party after they accidentally discharged a weapon in a livestream, killing them both.

A 48-year-old father of four was killed on Tuesday in a BASE jumping accident after he attempted to jump from a building in San Diego with his daughter watching.

A New Jersey hiker was found dead in a Washington state hiking trail on Saturday after she reportedly got lost while high on mushrooms.

Cristina Vita Aranda, the wife of Paraguay soccer star Ivan Torres, was killed on Sunday while she and Ivan were at the VIP section of a local amphitheater due to a gunfight breaking out.

A startling accident occurred in Michigan on Thursday as a young child fell down a trailer and was run over by a bulldozer being driven by his father.

On Monday, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled that the manner of death of a 23-year-old Connecticut college student, who was found dead in mid-December following a Bumble date, was an accident from acute intoxication.

Joseph Elledge was found guilty of second-degree murder in his wife's killing that took place in 2019.

Joaquin Romero, an employee in the La Jolla Indian Reservation, was killed after he fell over 100 feet to save a woman who was dangling from a zipline.

Leilani Rosales, a two-year-old from Queens, was killed on Sunday after her mother's boyfriend accidentally ran her over with his SUV.

The Bolshoi Theatre witnessed a tragedy on Saturday as Russian actor Yevgeny Kulesh was killed after the backdrop crushed him during a setting change.