On August 11, 2025, Austin police responded at approximately 2:15 p.m. to reports of gunfire in the parking lot of a Target on Research Boulevard. Officers located three victims—two adults and a child—who had been shot outside the store. An adult and the child were...
Wrongful Death
Helicopter Strikes Power Line and Crashes onto Barge in Mississippi River
Officials say two people were killed Thursday, August 6, 2025, when a helicopter struck a power line and crashed onto a barge on the Mississippi River. The crash occurred near the Missouri–Illinois border by Alton/West Alton. The FAA reported the impact occurred at...
Beechcraft King Air 300 Medical Transport Plane Crash on Navajo Nation – Four Killed
At 12:44 p.m. on Tuesday, August 5, a Beechcraft King Air 300 operated by CSI Aviation disappeared from radar and erupted in flames less than 1,000 feet from Runway 18 at the Chinle Municipal Airport (E91) on the Navajo Nation. Early reports indicate eyewitness...
Boat Collision at Harris Lake Leaves Child Dead and Swimmer Critically Hurt
On Saturday, August 2, 2025, just after 4:30 p.m., a sunny afternoon on Harris Lake in North Carolin turned tragic when a 22-foot Tige wake boat, reportedly piloted by 40-year-old Quinten Kight, struck a group of three swimmers about 150 feet offshore. According to...
Worker Dies in Accident at Golden Pass LNG in Sabine Pass, Texas
Incident Summary On August 3, 2025, Pedro Campbell Romero, a 50-year-old employee from Odessa, was fatally injured while working at the Golden Pass LNG facility in Sabine Pass, Texas. Jefferson County deputies secured the site, and the Occupational Safety and Health...
Deadly Delivery Truck Accident in Salado, Texas
How the Collision Unfolded Around 3:25 a.m. on Aug. 3, a northbound Toyota RAV4 struck a deer near the FM 2484 overpass and came to a dead stop in the center lane of Interstate 35. Minutes—or perhaps only seconds—later, a delivery truck barreled up the highway and...
Fatal Cessna 152 Plane Crash Near Hornell, New York
Incident Overview At about 7 p.m. on Aug. 1, 2025, a Cessna 152 went down in a wooded area off Morton Hill Road, just south of Hornell, New York. The single-engine aircraft crashed several hundred feet behind Gospel Tabernacle, killing its sole occupant, 41-year-old...
Deadly Small Plane Crash in Rochester, New York
At roughly 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 1, 2025, a Piper J-5 Cub Cruiser carrying two people plunged onto Bridge View Drive near Maplewood Park in Rochester, New York. One man died at the scene; the second occupant sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Rochester Fire crews...
Fatal Scaffolding Fall in Berkeley, California Underscores Construction-Site Hazards
Incident Summary On July 24, 2025, 41-year-old Jonathan Dillard Guidi—a Sacramento subcontractor and father of seven—plunged nearly 40 feet from a scaffold at Sylvia Mendez Elementary School in Berkeley, California. He was rushed to the hospital but did not survive....
Quarry Excavator Rollover Kills Worker in Fresno County, California
Incident Summary Fresno County deputies were called to the Academy Quarry on Tollhouse Road just after 8 a.m. Tuesday, July 29, 2025, when a massive excavator flipped and pinned its operator, 35-year-old Jonathan Swarthout of Los Banos, against a rock face. Fire crews...

