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Russian woman dies after iPhone falls into tub: Reports
QMI Agency
First posted: Friday, February 13, 2015 10:31 AM EST | Updated: Friday, February 13, 2015 10:39 AM EST
A 24-year-old Russian woman reportedly died from electrocution after her charging iPhone fell into her bathtub.
Evgenia Sviridenko's roommate found her unresponsive in the tub Monday night in Moscow, the Daily Mirror reports.
Yaroslav Dubinina, 23, said she went to check on Sviridenko after she became concerned by how long her roommate had been in the bathroom.
"I walked in and saw her lying there all pale in the water. Her phone was also in the water. I pulled my friend out and noticed that her body was shaking from the shock," Dubinina reportedly said.
Sviridenko was believed to have been charging her iPhone 4 and browsing VKontakte, a Russian version of Facebook, before she died.
Paramedics couldn't revive her.
Russian woman dies after iPhone falls into tub: Reports | World | News | Toronto
QMI Agency
First posted: Friday, February 13, 2015 10:31 AM EST | Updated: Friday, February 13, 2015 10:39 AM EST
A 24-year-old Russian woman reportedly died from electrocution after her charging iPhone fell into her bathtub.
Evgenia Sviridenko's roommate found her unresponsive in the tub Monday night in Moscow, the Daily Mirror reports.
Yaroslav Dubinina, 23, said she went to check on Sviridenko after she became concerned by how long her roommate had been in the bathroom.
"I walked in and saw her lying there all pale in the water. Her phone was also in the water. I pulled my friend out and noticed that her body was shaking from the shock," Dubinina reportedly said.
Sviridenko was believed to have been charging her iPhone 4 and browsing VKontakte, a Russian version of Facebook, before she died.
Paramedics couldn't revive her.
Russian woman dies after iPhone falls into tub: Reports | World | News | Toronto
Lion mauls man to death at South African zoo
REUTERS
First posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 01:16 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 01:26 PM EDT
JOHANNESBURG - A lion at South Africa's East London Zoo mauled a man to death after he jumped into the animal's enclosure on Tuesday, a government official said.
Security camera footage showed the man paying the entrance fee and entering the zoo at around 9 a.m. (0700 GMT), local government spokeswoman Thandy Matebese told the Daily Dispatch newspaper.
"We suspect that he used the corner of the security wall and the fence of the lion's enclosure to climb up and jumped over the fence," Matebese said.
"His corpse was discovered around 10am (0800 GMT) when it was time to feed the lions."
Lion mauls man to death at South African zoo | World | News | Toronto Sun
REUTERS
First posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 01:16 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 01:26 PM EDT
JOHANNESBURG - A lion at South Africa's East London Zoo mauled a man to death after he jumped into the animal's enclosure on Tuesday, a government official said.
Security camera footage showed the man paying the entrance fee and entering the zoo at around 9 a.m. (0700 GMT), local government spokeswoman Thandy Matebese told the Daily Dispatch newspaper.
"We suspect that he used the corner of the security wall and the fence of the lion's enclosure to climb up and jumped over the fence," Matebese said.
"His corpse was discovered around 10am (0800 GMT) when it was time to feed the lions."
Lion mauls man to death at South African zoo | World | News | Toronto Sun
Trying to hit a kid off a bike while hanging out of a moving car
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Extreme sports athlete Dean Potter dies in BASE-jumping accident
Sharon Bernstein, Reuters
First posted: Monday, May 18, 2015 10:17 AM EDT | Updated: Monday, May 18, 2015 06:41 PM EDT
SACRAMENTO - Rock climber Dean Potter and another man died while attempting parachute jumps from a 3,000-foot-high (900-metre) cliff in California's Yosemite National Park, officials said on Monday, the latest in a string of deaths nationwide in the extreme sport of BASE jumping.
The bodies of Potter and a climbing partner, Graham Hunt, were discovered Sunday after a massive search that began at dawn, Yosemite spokesman Scott Gediman said.
They were reported missing Saturday night after jumping with parachutes from a cliff near the park's storied El Capitan and Half Dome rock formations in a type of extreme sport in which climbers leap from fixed points, often bridges or high mountain cliffs.
Potter, 43, was well-known as a personality and athlete, especially in the community of rock climbers and parachutists in the western United States.
"It's a horror," said Gediman. "The mood around here is tragic. A lot of people are touched by it."
It was not immediately clear what went wrong with their jumps. There are reports that the two failed to pass safely through a notch in the rock during their descent and that their parachutes never opened, Gediman said.
Although BASE - or buildings, antennas, spans and earth - jumping is prohibited in Yosemite, Potter lived nearby and made little secret of flouting the rules.
He frequently jumped with his dog, Whisper, in tow, and last year Potter was featured in a documentary about rock climbing and the counterculture surrounding it.
In an interview from 2012 posted on the ABC News website, Potter acknowledged doubts about pursuing the dangerous activities for which he became famous, including BASE jumping, walking on a wire between two cliffs and other feats.
"In some ways I wonder if it's healthy what I do," he said on the program "Nightline." "I mean, like, you're obsessed with something that might kill you."
Earlier this month, a 73-year-old California man was killed after his parachute deployed late during a 500-foot (150-metre) jump from a bridge into the Snake River in Idaho, the second death there this year that authorities said was tied to BASE jumping.
Last year, people died attempting jumps in Glacier National Park in Montana, Utah's Zion National Park and other locations, among them a new bride who was killed despite her husband's attempt to jump after her and come to her rescue.
On Saturday evening, Potter and Hunt, 29, jumped off Taft Point and did not return, Gediman said. By the time park officials were alerted, it was too dark to search.
Aided by a helicopter from the California Highway Patrol, park rangers found their bodies on Sunday, Gediman said.
The Stanislaus County Coroner's Office has not yet conducted its autopsies of the bodies, spokesman Tom Killian said Monday.
Extreme sports star Dean Potter and his climbing partner, Graham Hunt was found dead on Sunday after a cliff jumping stunt went awry. (instagram.com/deanpotter)
Extreme sports athlete Dean Potter dies in BASE-jumping accident | World | News
Sharon Bernstein, Reuters
First posted: Monday, May 18, 2015 10:17 AM EDT | Updated: Monday, May 18, 2015 06:41 PM EDT
SACRAMENTO - Rock climber Dean Potter and another man died while attempting parachute jumps from a 3,000-foot-high (900-metre) cliff in California's Yosemite National Park, officials said on Monday, the latest in a string of deaths nationwide in the extreme sport of BASE jumping.
The bodies of Potter and a climbing partner, Graham Hunt, were discovered Sunday after a massive search that began at dawn, Yosemite spokesman Scott Gediman said.
They were reported missing Saturday night after jumping with parachutes from a cliff near the park's storied El Capitan and Half Dome rock formations in a type of extreme sport in which climbers leap from fixed points, often bridges or high mountain cliffs.
Potter, 43, was well-known as a personality and athlete, especially in the community of rock climbers and parachutists in the western United States.
"It's a horror," said Gediman. "The mood around here is tragic. A lot of people are touched by it."
It was not immediately clear what went wrong with their jumps. There are reports that the two failed to pass safely through a notch in the rock during their descent and that their parachutes never opened, Gediman said.
Although BASE - or buildings, antennas, spans and earth - jumping is prohibited in Yosemite, Potter lived nearby and made little secret of flouting the rules.
He frequently jumped with his dog, Whisper, in tow, and last year Potter was featured in a documentary about rock climbing and the counterculture surrounding it.
In an interview from 2012 posted on the ABC News website, Potter acknowledged doubts about pursuing the dangerous activities for which he became famous, including BASE jumping, walking on a wire between two cliffs and other feats.
"In some ways I wonder if it's healthy what I do," he said on the program "Nightline." "I mean, like, you're obsessed with something that might kill you."
Earlier this month, a 73-year-old California man was killed after his parachute deployed late during a 500-foot (150-metre) jump from a bridge into the Snake River in Idaho, the second death there this year that authorities said was tied to BASE jumping.
Last year, people died attempting jumps in Glacier National Park in Montana, Utah's Zion National Park and other locations, among them a new bride who was killed despite her husband's attempt to jump after her and come to her rescue.
On Saturday evening, Potter and Hunt, 29, jumped off Taft Point and did not return, Gediman said. By the time park officials were alerted, it was too dark to search.
Aided by a helicopter from the California Highway Patrol, park rangers found their bodies on Sunday, Gediman said.
The Stanislaus County Coroner's Office has not yet conducted its autopsies of the bodies, spokesman Tom Killian said Monday.
Extreme sports star Dean Potter and his climbing partner, Graham Hunt was found dead on Sunday after a cliff jumping stunt went awry. (instagram.com/deanpotter)
Extreme sports athlete Dean Potter dies in BASE-jumping accident | World | News
U.S. tourist mauled to death after lion jumps into car
Reuters
First posted: Monday, June 01, 2015 01:15 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, June 01, 2015 01:40 PM EDT
JOHANNESBURG - An American tourist was mauled to death in South Africa on Monday when a lion jumped into her vehicle through an open window at a park on the outskirts of Johannesburg, police and officials said.
"She was driving with a male person at the park, they were attacked by the lion, she was killed at the park and the man has been taken to hospital," police spokesman Lungelo Dlamini said.
Dlamini said he did not have a name for the 22-year-old woman or what part of the United States she was from. Her travelling companion was South African.
The woman died while paramedics tried to save her, Lion Park assistant director of operations Scott Simpson said.
"The gentleman sustained some injuries to his arm, he was fighting the lion off inside the car. Our staff rushed over immediately and chased the lion away from the car," Simpson told local radio.
Last month, a lion killed a man at a zoo in the South African city of East London after he jumped into the animal's enclosure.
An American tourist was mauled to death in South Africa when a lion jumped into her vehicle, police and officials said.
U.S. tourist mauled to death after lion jumps into car | World | News | Toronto
Reuters
First posted: Monday, June 01, 2015 01:15 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, June 01, 2015 01:40 PM EDT
JOHANNESBURG - An American tourist was mauled to death in South Africa on Monday when a lion jumped into her vehicle through an open window at a park on the outskirts of Johannesburg, police and officials said.
"She was driving with a male person at the park, they were attacked by the lion, she was killed at the park and the man has been taken to hospital," police spokesman Lungelo Dlamini said.
Dlamini said he did not have a name for the 22-year-old woman or what part of the United States she was from. Her travelling companion was South African.
The woman died while paramedics tried to save her, Lion Park assistant director of operations Scott Simpson said.
"The gentleman sustained some injuries to his arm, he was fighting the lion off inside the car. Our staff rushed over immediately and chased the lion away from the car," Simpson told local radio.
Last month, a lion killed a man at a zoo in the South African city of East London after he jumped into the animal's enclosure.
An American tourist was mauled to death in South Africa when a lion jumped into her vehicle, police and officials said.
U.S. tourist mauled to death after lion jumps into car | World | News | Toronto
When I was in the Navy, I remember a sick bastward of an electrician who got his jollies by feeding Drano sandwiches to seagulls.
With a little luck, there is a special hell. I wonder if he ever moved on to "bigger" game?
Makes you want to do funny things back at them eh?
What were they thinking? Especially after being told repeatedly to keep the windows closed.
Well that might be her excuse but the tour guide surely knew already....
unless he was paid to...
'Game of Thrones' editor, residing in Vancouver, mauled to death by lion
Postmedia Network
First posted: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 12:57 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 06:04 PM EDT
The tourist mauled to death by a lioness in a South African park Monday has been identified as a Vancouver-based special effects editor who worked on HBO's Game of Thrones.
Family identified the woman as Kate Chappell, 29, a New York native who had been living in Vancouver since 2013.
She worked for Scanline, where she also did effects for Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Divergent, according to LinkedIn and IMDb.
"We are broken-hearted to share this news with our friends and family: (Monday) morning, while on a volunteer mission to protect wildlife in South Africa, Kate Chappell was involved in a tragic and fatal accident," her sister, Jennifer, wrote on Facebook. wrote on Facebook.
"Katie was a brilliant, kind, adventurous and high-spirited woman. Her energy and passion could not be contained by mere continents or oceans. She was very much loved and shared her love for life with those she met."
The lioness attacked Chappell, 29, while she was taking pictures through an open window in an SUV, according to officials at Lion Park, north of Johannesburg. Officials say tourists are warned to keep their windows up in the park.
Her funeral will be held in her hometown of Rye, N.Y., on Saturday.
The driver, Pierre Potgieter, who owns Calabash Tours, remains in hospital after he suffered a heart attack and injuries to his arms while trying to fight the lion off, according to local reports.
Kate Chappell, pictured leaving the Vancouver airport a week ago, was mauled to death by a lioness at a South African park on Monday. (Postmedia Network/Instagram)
'Game of Thrones' editor, residing in Vancouver, mauled to death by lion | Canad
Postmedia Network
First posted: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 12:57 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 06:04 PM EDT
The tourist mauled to death by a lioness in a South African park Monday has been identified as a Vancouver-based special effects editor who worked on HBO's Game of Thrones.
Family identified the woman as Kate Chappell, 29, a New York native who had been living in Vancouver since 2013.
She worked for Scanline, where she also did effects for Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Divergent, according to LinkedIn and IMDb.
"We are broken-hearted to share this news with our friends and family: (Monday) morning, while on a volunteer mission to protect wildlife in South Africa, Kate Chappell was involved in a tragic and fatal accident," her sister, Jennifer, wrote on Facebook. wrote on Facebook.
"Katie was a brilliant, kind, adventurous and high-spirited woman. Her energy and passion could not be contained by mere continents or oceans. She was very much loved and shared her love for life with those she met."
The lioness attacked Chappell, 29, while she was taking pictures through an open window in an SUV, according to officials at Lion Park, north of Johannesburg. Officials say tourists are warned to keep their windows up in the park.
Her funeral will be held in her hometown of Rye, N.Y., on Saturday.
The driver, Pierre Potgieter, who owns Calabash Tours, remains in hospital after he suffered a heart attack and injuries to his arms while trying to fight the lion off, according to local reports.
Kate Chappell, pictured leaving the Vancouver airport a week ago, was mauled to death by a lioness at a South African park on Monday. (Postmedia Network/Instagram)
'Game of Thrones' editor, residing in Vancouver, mauled to death by lion | Canad
Won't do it for much longer,anyway. It speaks volumes about how well trained the Russian army really is, doesn't it?