9 h. ago Gardener crushed by quad bike at £2.5m estate as he sprayed weedkiller was not given safety gear or training by couple employing him, court hears

Defence chief Nicholas Prest, 71, and his wife Anthea, 70, are accused of failing to prepare gardener Paul Marsden to carry out his tasks before he was crushed to death whilst working at their property.

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12 h. ago Widow of father who was crushed to death by falling tree branch calls for change in law to avoid repeat tragedy

Fiona Hall, 56, has been left heartbroken since her husband Chris, 48, was killed by a three-ton bough from a 134ft lime tree while he was walking their dog in August 2020.

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28 h. ago Rare Michael Schumacher health update as journalist reveals 'positive sign' 12 years on from F1 legend's skiing accident

Schumacher, 56, almost died in a freak skiing accident in 2013 during a family holiday in Meribel, France, and has not been seen publicly since.

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32 h. ago Top Italian winemaker is crushed to death in his own grape press in freak accident at his family's cellar

Matteo Forner, 44, was carrying out end-of-day cleaning when the machine suddenly activated, trapping his neck and killing him instantly.

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3 d. ago BBC DIY SOS viewers in tears as man paralysed in beach accident gets new home

DIY SOS: The Big Build viewers were left in tears after a man paralysed in a freak beach accident was given a new home by Nick Knowles and his team

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3 d. ago 'Miracle' daughter, eight, overcame major open heart surgery and pneumonia before dying in primary school 'freak accident', heartbroken mother reveals

Eight-year-old Olivia-Grace Huxter passed away in hospital after a 'freak accident' at the 99-pupil Penrhys Primary School in Ferndale, Rhondda, on Wednesday.

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4 d. ago Sports commentator killed by bull in festival horror as tributes paid to 'great voice'

Guillaume Di Grazia was killed during a freak accident at a bull running festival with tributes paid to "one of the great voices of Eurosport" by devastated colleagues and fans

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4 d. ago Tragic girl who died after 'freak accident' at school pictured for first time

Olivia-Grace Huxter was rushed to hospital but sadly could not be saved.

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4 d. ago Heartbroken mother mourns 'beautiful' daughter, eight, who died in 'freak accident' at primary school

Olivia-Grace Huxter, eight, suffered a 'traumatic event' at the 99-pupil Penrhys Primary School in Ferndale, Rhondda, on Wednesday and later died in hospital.

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4 d. ago Mum of girl, 8, who died in ‘freak accident’ at school says 'I can't sleep without you'

The young girl has been named and was described as a "beautiful baby girl" by her family after the tragedy unfolded earlier this week at a primary school

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4 d. ago ‘Beautiful’ girl, 8, who died in ‘freak accident’ at primary school is pictured as heartbroken family pay tribute

A 'BEAUTIFUL' girl who tragically died following a "freak accident" has has been pictured. Olivia-Grace Huxter, eight, suffered a "traumatic event" at her local primary school and later died in hospital. She had travelled three miles from her home in Ferndale, Rhondda, to the mountainside Penrhys Primary School where the tragedy happened on Wednesday. Cops...

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5 d. ago Tragic details of woman's Fiat 500 cleaning death as 'window crushed her neck'

Bernadette Delmotte, 60, was cleaning her Fiat 500 in the French village of Bissy-sur-Fley when she was killed in a freak accident, with her family and friends left devastated

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5 d. ago Woman dies in freak accicent after getting caught in car's electric window

Bernadette Delmotte, 60, died after she accidentally activated the electric window of her Fiat 500 in a freak accident

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6 d. ago Woman dies in 'freak accident' while cleaning her car after getting stuck in window

Bernadette Delmotte was found dead in her red Fiat 500 in the small French village of Bissy-sur-Fley.

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6 d. ago Woman suffocates to death after getting stuck in Fiat 500's electric window

The 60-year-old woman died after a freak accident resulted in her neck being crushed in the window of her Fiat 500 - she had been trying to stop her car rolling away after leaving the handbrake off

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6 d. ago Terrifying new footage captures moment elephant flips over safari canoe and tries to crush woman to death

Panicked holidaymakers were left clinging for their lives after the furious animal stormed toward them in the Okavango Delta. Astonishingly, they filmed their own attack.

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8 d. ago Tragic Scots nurse died after being kicked in the chest by her horse

A SCOTS nurse died in a freak accident after being kicked in the chest by her horse.  Sam Young, 58, originally from Ayrshire, suffered a ruptured heart and died after her horse suddenly bolted and lashed out kicking her at a farm near her home. An inquest into her death heard paramedics rushed to Birch Park...

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8 d. ago ‘A club nobody wanted to be a part of’: Families of Americans killed by Israel face uphill climb to justice

Dozens of American citizens have been killed by Hamas and Israel – but the US government has taken a very different approach to the latterWithin hours after they were told that Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi had been killed by an Israeli sniper while at a protest in the West Bank last year, her family was on a phone call with the parents of Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza more than two decades ago.The families were introduced by a mutual contact in Washington state, where both Corrie and 26-year-old Eygi had lived. There were other parallels in their stories: Corrie was protesting against the demolition of a Palestinian family’s home in Rafah when a soldier drove over her; Eygi was at a protest against settlement expansion near Nablus. Both had traveled to the region with the International Solidarity Movement, a group that for years has brought foreign activists to stand with Palestinians against Israel’s occupation. An Israeli ...

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8 d. ago Skydiving instructor dies falling without parachute after becoming separated during tandem jump

Instructor Justin Fuller died in the “total freak accident” in Nashville, while the student he jumped with survived after landing in a tree

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1 week ago The varied fates of Love Island season three: From huge TV success to freak accidents and high profile romances

So, as Amber keeps busy with her stint on this year's Strictly Come Dancing and her successful West End performances. What happened to her Love Island castmates?

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