I wonder if the three occupants inside the vehicle deserve an "Honorable Mention"!
The guy probably broke one law.......................................not wearing his seat belt!
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I wonder if the three occupants inside the vehicle deserve an "Honorable Mention"!
The guy probably broke one law.......................................not wearing his seat belt!
Man reportedly falls into hot spring at Yellowstone National Park
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 12:47 AM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 12:56 AM EDT
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. -- Rangers searched Tuesday for a man who reportedly fell into a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park.
Someone reported seeing a man in his early 20s walk off the boardwalk in the Norris Geyser Basin area and fall into the thermal spring about 225 yards away. Rangers said the man probably died because he has not been located, and searchers are being extra cautious because of the spring's dangerous thermal features.
No other information was released, and a call to the park's communications office was not immediately returned Tuesday evening.
The Norris Geyser Basin is the hottest and most dynamic thermal area in Yellowstone, which features springs that can reach temperatures close to 200 degrees Fahrenheit.
Tuesday's search comes on the heels of several other high-profile incidents at the park.
On Saturday, a 13-year-old boy was burned around his ankle and foot after his father, who had been carrying him, slipped in the park's Upper Geyser Basin hot spring.
In May, a Canadian film crew was accused of leaving an established boardwalk and stepping onto a geothermal feature where they snapped photos and took video of themselves.
Also last month, another Canadian man loaded a bison calf into his SUV because he thought it was cold. The calf later had to be euthanized because it could not be reunited with its herd.
In April, park officials warned people against approaching wildlife in the park after a woman was caught on video petting a bison.
Nearly 4.1 million people visited Yellowstone in 2015.
Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming on May 14, 2016. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images
Man reportedly falls into hot spring at Yellowstone National Park | World | News
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 12:47 AM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 12:56 AM EDT
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. -- Rangers searched Tuesday for a man who reportedly fell into a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park.
Someone reported seeing a man in his early 20s walk off the boardwalk in the Norris Geyser Basin area and fall into the thermal spring about 225 yards away. Rangers said the man probably died because he has not been located, and searchers are being extra cautious because of the spring's dangerous thermal features.
No other information was released, and a call to the park's communications office was not immediately returned Tuesday evening.
The Norris Geyser Basin is the hottest and most dynamic thermal area in Yellowstone, which features springs that can reach temperatures close to 200 degrees Fahrenheit.
Tuesday's search comes on the heels of several other high-profile incidents at the park.
On Saturday, a 13-year-old boy was burned around his ankle and foot after his father, who had been carrying him, slipped in the park's Upper Geyser Basin hot spring.
In May, a Canadian film crew was accused of leaving an established boardwalk and stepping onto a geothermal feature where they snapped photos and took video of themselves.
Also last month, another Canadian man loaded a bison calf into his SUV because he thought it was cold. The calf later had to be euthanized because it could not be reunited with its herd.
In April, park officials warned people against approaching wildlife in the park after a woman was caught on video petting a bison.
Nearly 4.1 million people visited Yellowstone in 2015.
Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming on May 14, 2016. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images
Man reportedly falls into hot spring at Yellowstone National Park | World | News
Experienced diver drowns diving for golf balls in Ohio
The Associated Press
First posted: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 12:52 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 03:14 PM EDT
WAVERLY, Ohio -- Authorities have identified an Ohio man who drowned while diving for golf balls in a pond at a country club.
Authorities say 63-year-old Charles Hill was diving in full scuba gear on Tuesday at the Dogwood Hills Golf Course near the village of Waverly, in the southern part of the state.
The man's son, who also had been diving in the pond, called 911 and said his father went underwater and never resurfaced.
It took dive teams about 20 minutes to find the man's body in about eight feet of water, about 50 feet from the shore.
Authorities say Hill was an experienced diver.
The drowning remains under investigation.
Experienced diver drowns diving for golf balls in Ohio | World | News | Toronto
The Associated Press
First posted: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 12:52 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 03:14 PM EDT
WAVERLY, Ohio -- Authorities have identified an Ohio man who drowned while diving for golf balls in a pond at a country club.
Authorities say 63-year-old Charles Hill was diving in full scuba gear on Tuesday at the Dogwood Hills Golf Course near the village of Waverly, in the southern part of the state.
The man's son, who also had been diving in the pond, called 911 and said his father went underwater and never resurfaced.
It took dive teams about 20 minutes to find the man's body in about eight feet of water, about 50 feet from the shore.
Authorities say Hill was an experienced diver.
The drowning remains under investigation.
Experienced diver drowns diving for golf balls in Ohio | World | News | Toronto
8 feet of water? In scuba gear? Drowning? Not adding up. If no foul play, I suspect a heart attack.
'Heart-shattering' tragedy; Twin sisters allegedly fighting before SUV plunged off Maui cliff, killing 1
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Terry Spencer and Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press
First posted: Thursday, June 09, 2016 07:02 AM EDT | Updated: Thursday, June 09, 2016 08:31 AM EDT
HONOLULU -- Identical twin sisters Alexandria and Anastasia Duval always lived together, played together and worked together, operating what were once two of the hottest yoga studios in the Palm Beach, Fla., area. They called the business Twin Power Yoga.
They would finish each other's sentences, and while they had boyfriends, their sibling relationship seemed to come first.
But after a reality TV project fell through, the two descended into a cross-country spiral of business failures, debts, arguments and drunken run-ins with the law that all came to a tragic end last week, when their SUV plunged off a 200-foot cliff on Maui's rocky shore during what was described as a hair-pulling fight over the steering wheel.
Anastasia, 37, was killed, and Alexandria was arrested and jailed on a second-degree murder charge, accused of deliberately causing her sister's death.
On Wednesday, however, a judge ordered Alexandria's release after determining there was no probable cause for a murder charge.
"We will have to see what other evidence we can find by furthering the investigation," Maui Prosecuting Attorney John Kim said when asked what prosecutors plan to do next.
Despite the judge's ruling, defence attorney Todd Eddins said he was trying to bail her out Wednesday evening. He said she was still jailed because of charges related to a previous arrest involving disorderly conduct.
She's eager to get to upstate New York in time for her sister's funeral, Eddins said.
"She's grateful but she's still traumatized by the whole series of events," he said.
Leslie McMichael, who became the sisters' spiritual adviser after meeting them at a Kabala centre in Florida, called the crash a horrible turn of events.
"They were beautiful twins with so much life. They were so funny. They were such a machine together that people would stop and watch them," she said.
Authorities said Alexandria was behind the wheel of a Ford Explorer on May 29 when witnesses saw the sisters arguing on Maui's Hana Highway, a perilously narrow, twisting route along a scenic stretch of coastline. A witness cleaning a family gravesite on the highway shoulder told police that he heard a woman screaming in the vehicle and that the passenger was pulling the driver's hair and the steering wheel.
The SUV accelerated, made a hard left turn and crashed into a rock wall, then went over the cliff, authorities said. Anastasia was pronounced dead at the scene. Alexandria was hospitalized in critical condition but appeared in court Monday with her arm in a sling.
The twins had been fighting and drinking earlier on the day of the crash, Federico Bailey, Anastasia's boyfriend, told the Maui News. He said they had gone camping together for the Memorial Day weekend.
The sisters' relationship involved distrust and constant fighting but also love, he said: "When they drink, their personalities change."
Eddins disputed the allegations against her, saying she "did not try to harm herself or the person she most loved and was closest to in the world." He called it a "heart-shattering" tragedy for the sisters' family.
Before they changed their names from Alison and Ann Dadow, the twins ran two popular Twin Power studios in Palm Beach County, Fla., from 2008 to 2014.
Brett Borders, a former student of theirs, said they held the best yoga classes he has ever taken. "They were very good at picking and training yoga instructors. They were very consistent. The best teachers around. It was just very high quality," he said.
The sisters were living large, with fancy cars, before they suddenly closed the studios and bolted town, leaving behind bewildered customers and friends and many debts. Employees and vendors complained they hadn't been paid, and customers' memberships were rendered worthless.
McMichael said their downfall began after they were approached by reality television producers who wanted to feature them on a show.
They had outgrown one of their studios, in well-to-do Palm Beach Gardens, but instead of annexing a neighbouring storefront as planned, they were persuaded by the producers to lease space on the priciest, trendiest street in West Palm Beach, McMichael said.
They were banking on the TV income to make it work, but then the show fell through and they were stuck with a lease they couldn't afford, she said.
"They were all but in. They had set up their lives around" the show, McMichael said. "When it didn't happen, they were in too much debt."
The sisters moved to Utah and opened a yoga studio in the high-end ski town of Park City in 2014. They had several run-ins with the police during the two years they lived in the state, and faced charges including drunken driving, intoxication and leaving the scene of an accident.
In January 2014, they were kicked out of a restaurant when their drinking got out of hand, according to police. Officers said the twins fought with each other and with police who arrived after their car slid into a ditch. Hair-pulling was also involved.
The sisters had a close bond but struggled with alcoholism as their Park City studio floundered, said Utah lawyer Craig Chlarson. They never mentioned their success in Florida, but never seemed like they'd purposely hurt or take advantage of anyone, he added.
The twins legally changed their names in Utah in 2014 to write a book together, according to court documents. Both women filed for bankruptcy around the same time and reported around $150,000 in debts each, including two 2013 Porsche Boxsters.
Looking for a new start, they moved to Maui in December and planned to open yoga studios, according to Alexandria's attorney. But they were soon charged with disorderly conduct and terroristic threatening over a Christmas Eve incident.
Their rowdy behaviour doesn't tell the twins' full story, said McMichael, the spiritual adviser.
Referring to them by their previous names, she described Alison (later Alexandria) as outgoing with a "big, dominant personality" and a tendency to drink too much sometimes, and called Ann (Anastasia) "the sweetest, kindest, most level-headed person you would ever meet."
McMichael said the pair, whose mother had died when they were 5, always lived together and put their relationship ahead of their boyfriends.
"They realized that love was not in their future because they were so co-dependent," she said. "I would joke that the only people who would understand them were a pair of male twins who would understand that they needed to be together."
In this May 29, 2016 photo provided by Tom Johnson, rescue workers respond to the scene of a car crash off Maui’s Hana Highway in Hana, Hawaii. (Tom Johnson via AP)
In this Oct. 12, 2011 photo, Anastasia, left, and Alexandria Duval, known as Alison and Ann Dadow before they changed their names, stand in the window of their yoga studio in West Palm Beach, Fla. The identical twins' SUV plunged off a 200-foot cliff on Maui, Hawaii's rocky shore on May 29 during what was described as a hair-pulling fight over the steering wheel. (Thomas Cordy/The Palm Beach Post via AP)
'Heart-shattering' tragedy; Twin sisters allegedly fighting before SUV plunged o
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Terry Spencer and Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press
First posted: Thursday, June 09, 2016 07:02 AM EDT | Updated: Thursday, June 09, 2016 08:31 AM EDT
HONOLULU -- Identical twin sisters Alexandria and Anastasia Duval always lived together, played together and worked together, operating what were once two of the hottest yoga studios in the Palm Beach, Fla., area. They called the business Twin Power Yoga.
They would finish each other's sentences, and while they had boyfriends, their sibling relationship seemed to come first.
But after a reality TV project fell through, the two descended into a cross-country spiral of business failures, debts, arguments and drunken run-ins with the law that all came to a tragic end last week, when their SUV plunged off a 200-foot cliff on Maui's rocky shore during what was described as a hair-pulling fight over the steering wheel.
Anastasia, 37, was killed, and Alexandria was arrested and jailed on a second-degree murder charge, accused of deliberately causing her sister's death.
On Wednesday, however, a judge ordered Alexandria's release after determining there was no probable cause for a murder charge.
"We will have to see what other evidence we can find by furthering the investigation," Maui Prosecuting Attorney John Kim said when asked what prosecutors plan to do next.
Despite the judge's ruling, defence attorney Todd Eddins said he was trying to bail her out Wednesday evening. He said she was still jailed because of charges related to a previous arrest involving disorderly conduct.
She's eager to get to upstate New York in time for her sister's funeral, Eddins said.
"She's grateful but she's still traumatized by the whole series of events," he said.
Leslie McMichael, who became the sisters' spiritual adviser after meeting them at a Kabala centre in Florida, called the crash a horrible turn of events.
"They were beautiful twins with so much life. They were so funny. They were such a machine together that people would stop and watch them," she said.
Authorities said Alexandria was behind the wheel of a Ford Explorer on May 29 when witnesses saw the sisters arguing on Maui's Hana Highway, a perilously narrow, twisting route along a scenic stretch of coastline. A witness cleaning a family gravesite on the highway shoulder told police that he heard a woman screaming in the vehicle and that the passenger was pulling the driver's hair and the steering wheel.
The SUV accelerated, made a hard left turn and crashed into a rock wall, then went over the cliff, authorities said. Anastasia was pronounced dead at the scene. Alexandria was hospitalized in critical condition but appeared in court Monday with her arm in a sling.
The twins had been fighting and drinking earlier on the day of the crash, Federico Bailey, Anastasia's boyfriend, told the Maui News. He said they had gone camping together for the Memorial Day weekend.
The sisters' relationship involved distrust and constant fighting but also love, he said: "When they drink, their personalities change."
Eddins disputed the allegations against her, saying she "did not try to harm herself or the person she most loved and was closest to in the world." He called it a "heart-shattering" tragedy for the sisters' family.
Before they changed their names from Alison and Ann Dadow, the twins ran two popular Twin Power studios in Palm Beach County, Fla., from 2008 to 2014.
Brett Borders, a former student of theirs, said they held the best yoga classes he has ever taken. "They were very good at picking and training yoga instructors. They were very consistent. The best teachers around. It was just very high quality," he said.
The sisters were living large, with fancy cars, before they suddenly closed the studios and bolted town, leaving behind bewildered customers and friends and many debts. Employees and vendors complained they hadn't been paid, and customers' memberships were rendered worthless.
McMichael said their downfall began after they were approached by reality television producers who wanted to feature them on a show.
They had outgrown one of their studios, in well-to-do Palm Beach Gardens, but instead of annexing a neighbouring storefront as planned, they were persuaded by the producers to lease space on the priciest, trendiest street in West Palm Beach, McMichael said.
They were banking on the TV income to make it work, but then the show fell through and they were stuck with a lease they couldn't afford, she said.
"They were all but in. They had set up their lives around" the show, McMichael said. "When it didn't happen, they were in too much debt."
The sisters moved to Utah and opened a yoga studio in the high-end ski town of Park City in 2014. They had several run-ins with the police during the two years they lived in the state, and faced charges including drunken driving, intoxication and leaving the scene of an accident.
In January 2014, they were kicked out of a restaurant when their drinking got out of hand, according to police. Officers said the twins fought with each other and with police who arrived after their car slid into a ditch. Hair-pulling was also involved.
The sisters had a close bond but struggled with alcoholism as their Park City studio floundered, said Utah lawyer Craig Chlarson. They never mentioned their success in Florida, but never seemed like they'd purposely hurt or take advantage of anyone, he added.
The twins legally changed their names in Utah in 2014 to write a book together, according to court documents. Both women filed for bankruptcy around the same time and reported around $150,000 in debts each, including two 2013 Porsche Boxsters.
Looking for a new start, they moved to Maui in December and planned to open yoga studios, according to Alexandria's attorney. But they were soon charged with disorderly conduct and terroristic threatening over a Christmas Eve incident.
Their rowdy behaviour doesn't tell the twins' full story, said McMichael, the spiritual adviser.
Referring to them by their previous names, she described Alison (later Alexandria) as outgoing with a "big, dominant personality" and a tendency to drink too much sometimes, and called Ann (Anastasia) "the sweetest, kindest, most level-headed person you would ever meet."
McMichael said the pair, whose mother had died when they were 5, always lived together and put their relationship ahead of their boyfriends.
"They realized that love was not in their future because they were so co-dependent," she said. "I would joke that the only people who would understand them were a pair of male twins who would understand that they needed to be together."
In this May 29, 2016 photo provided by Tom Johnson, rescue workers respond to the scene of a car crash off Maui’s Hana Highway in Hana, Hawaii. (Tom Johnson via AP)
In this Oct. 12, 2011 photo, Anastasia, left, and Alexandria Duval, known as Alison and Ann Dadow before they changed their names, stand in the window of their yoga studio in West Palm Beach, Fla. The identical twins' SUV plunged off a 200-foot cliff on Maui, Hawaii's rocky shore on May 29 during what was described as a hair-pulling fight over the steering wheel. (Thomas Cordy/The Palm Beach Post via AP)
'Heart-shattering' tragedy; Twin sisters allegedly fighting before SUV plunged o
'Impossible to stop the train in time';
Teen girls struck, killed by train in Nova Scotia
Michael Tutton and Alison Auld, THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Friday, June 10, 2016 10:40 AM EDT | Updated: Friday, June 10, 2016 04:38 PM EDT
LANTZ, N.S. -- Schoolmates of two teenaged women who died when they were struck by a freight train in rural Nova Scotia said Friday it was heartwrenching to realize how suddenly lives can be cut short.
Hunter Robson and his classmate Ben Centrone, both 16, paused as they walked away from Hants East Rural High School in the afternoon.
They said the deaths have spread grief through the small community of Lantz, about 50 kilometres from Halifax off the highway to Truro.
"I'm walking to clear my head," said Centrone, a Grade 10 student who is on the varsity rugby team at the high school.
Robson, in Grade 10, said just hours before he'd seen one of the women at the annual sports banquet, celebrating the achievements of classmates.
"And now she's not here," he said.
RCMP say a 17-year-old high school student from Lantz and an 18-year-old former international exchange student from Germany were pronounced dead at the scene of the collision, which happened around 1:40 a.m. Friday.
They did not release their names pending notification of family members.
Centrone said he knew the 17-year-old student as a member of the female rugby team team and just days before they had chatted on a bus.
"People in the school are not doing very well. There are people who can't hold it in. They can't hold it in," he said.
Debbie Buott-Matheson, spokeswoman for the Chignecto-Central Regional School Board, said the 18-year-old woman who died in the incident was a former international student, who had returned to the area as a tourist to visit.
"There are grief counsellors, school psychologists on site today available to students and staff and students can come and go with those supports as they need them," she said during an interview.
At a home near the site of the accident, Mike Aube said he didn't hear the CN train attempting to stop, though the company said employees set off a powerful horn.
"We're obviously just heartbroken," he said, then put his hand on his forehead and walked away, saying he couldn't continue to speak.
A spokesperson for the family of one of the deceased said they are declining comment.
Local community leaders say the close-knit community -- which includes a series of towns the 600-student high school serves -- is struggling with the news of the death.
It comes just shortly before graduation and in some instances the annual prom.
"It's going to be a tough couple of days around here," said John MacDonald, councillor for the municipality of Lantz.
Jim Feeny, a spokesman for CN, said the deaths have also left several train employees traumatized.
He said two crew members on board had seen the girls, blew the horn, applied brakes and put the train into emergency.
"But it was just physically impossible to stop that train in time," he said.
The train originated in Moncton and was carrying mixed freight during the regular run.
RCMP say they are in the early stages of an investigation of the deaths.
Cpl. Jennifer Clarke says officers went to an area near Mader Street and Highway 2 in Lantz, N.S., around 1:40 a.m. after someone on the train called 911.
The actual site of the collision wasn't at a crossing, but in a portion of the tracks where fields and farmers fields were on either side, in a section between two residential areas.
Feeny said an early inquiry indicates the actions of the train crew were according to procedure.
But for Centrone the sound of the train's horn, once just a late-night routine, will bring back sad thoughts in years to come.
"It's crazy," he said. "I can't believe this is happening in our community."
'Impossible to stop the train in time'; Teen girls struck, killed by train in No
Teen girls struck, killed by train in Nova Scotia
Michael Tutton and Alison Auld, THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Friday, June 10, 2016 10:40 AM EDT | Updated: Friday, June 10, 2016 04:38 PM EDT
LANTZ, N.S. -- Schoolmates of two teenaged women who died when they were struck by a freight train in rural Nova Scotia said Friday it was heartwrenching to realize how suddenly lives can be cut short.
Hunter Robson and his classmate Ben Centrone, both 16, paused as they walked away from Hants East Rural High School in the afternoon.
They said the deaths have spread grief through the small community of Lantz, about 50 kilometres from Halifax off the highway to Truro.
"I'm walking to clear my head," said Centrone, a Grade 10 student who is on the varsity rugby team at the high school.
Robson, in Grade 10, said just hours before he'd seen one of the women at the annual sports banquet, celebrating the achievements of classmates.
"And now she's not here," he said.
RCMP say a 17-year-old high school student from Lantz and an 18-year-old former international exchange student from Germany were pronounced dead at the scene of the collision, which happened around 1:40 a.m. Friday.
They did not release their names pending notification of family members.
Centrone said he knew the 17-year-old student as a member of the female rugby team team and just days before they had chatted on a bus.
"People in the school are not doing very well. There are people who can't hold it in. They can't hold it in," he said.
Debbie Buott-Matheson, spokeswoman for the Chignecto-Central Regional School Board, said the 18-year-old woman who died in the incident was a former international student, who had returned to the area as a tourist to visit.
"There are grief counsellors, school psychologists on site today available to students and staff and students can come and go with those supports as they need them," she said during an interview.
At a home near the site of the accident, Mike Aube said he didn't hear the CN train attempting to stop, though the company said employees set off a powerful horn.
"We're obviously just heartbroken," he said, then put his hand on his forehead and walked away, saying he couldn't continue to speak.
A spokesperson for the family of one of the deceased said they are declining comment.
Local community leaders say the close-knit community -- which includes a series of towns the 600-student high school serves -- is struggling with the news of the death.
It comes just shortly before graduation and in some instances the annual prom.
"It's going to be a tough couple of days around here," said John MacDonald, councillor for the municipality of Lantz.
Jim Feeny, a spokesman for CN, said the deaths have also left several train employees traumatized.
He said two crew members on board had seen the girls, blew the horn, applied brakes and put the train into emergency.
"But it was just physically impossible to stop that train in time," he said.
The train originated in Moncton and was carrying mixed freight during the regular run.
RCMP say they are in the early stages of an investigation of the deaths.
Cpl. Jennifer Clarke says officers went to an area near Mader Street and Highway 2 in Lantz, N.S., around 1:40 a.m. after someone on the train called 911.
The actual site of the collision wasn't at a crossing, but in a portion of the tracks where fields and farmers fields were on either side, in a section between two residential areas.
Feeny said an early inquiry indicates the actions of the train crew were according to procedure.
But for Centrone the sound of the train's horn, once just a late-night routine, will bring back sad thoughts in years to come.
"It's crazy," he said. "I can't believe this is happening in our community."
'Impossible to stop the train in time'; Teen girls struck, killed by train in No
Myriam Ducré-Lemay was 20 years old and hadn’t told her boyfriend she was severely allergic to peanuts.
They kissed after he had eaten a peanut butter sandwich, and it proved fatal for the young woman.
The coroner's report said she was without her Epipen or Medic Alert bracelet and had not told her boyfriend of her allergy.
The coroner's report also indicated that Ducré-Lemay had told people she believed her allergic sensitivity had decreased.
Studies show peanut allergens can last in a mouth for about four hours, and perhaps as little as half an hour if a person brushes their teeth.
Micheline Ducré hopes her daughter's death will convince others with severe allergies to discuss their condition, and to warn others.
Milo Burko's family has had to alter their habits after he was diagnosed with a peanut allergy.
"When my friends are eating like, I want it but I can't have it, so it makes me feel a bit sad," said Milo.
When his mother, Donna Litvack, learned of Ducré-Lemay's death she had new concerns.
That's when she realized that her son's understanding of his allergy was not complete.
"[He said] "'the girl I kiss, as long as she has a peanut allergy everything, will be fine,' and I said 'No Milo, that's not the case. The person has to have the exact same type of allergy as you,'" said Litvack.
According to Dr. Christine McCusker, the key to managing severe food allergies is to tell people and to always, always carry an Epipen.
"You have to say, 'Listen guys, I've got food allergies, I've got my Epipen, if there is a problem, help me,'" she said.
She said that children and young adults, aged 15 to 30, are most at risk of having anaphylactic shock.
"They're spending less time under the watchful eye of their parents. They're taking a few more risks and they're not as likely to be carrying their Epipens," said Dr. McCusker.
"The second risk factor is the delay in getting epinephrine."
It only takes minutes for a person with a severe allergic reaction to stop breathing, and by that time it may be too late for an epinephrine shot to work
"Which is why you always have to carry your Epipen even though you don't want to, and even though it's not cool," said Dr. McCusker.
People who have asthma, especially those who feel the need to carry an inhaler, are most likely to have a severe reaction.
Killed by a kiss: woman's death prompts new concerns about severe peanut allergies | CTV Montreal News
They kissed after he had eaten a peanut butter sandwich, and it proved fatal for the young woman.
The coroner's report said she was without her Epipen or Medic Alert bracelet and had not told her boyfriend of her allergy.
The coroner's report also indicated that Ducré-Lemay had told people she believed her allergic sensitivity had decreased.
Studies show peanut allergens can last in a mouth for about four hours, and perhaps as little as half an hour if a person brushes their teeth.
Micheline Ducré hopes her daughter's death will convince others with severe allergies to discuss their condition, and to warn others.
Milo Burko's family has had to alter their habits after he was diagnosed with a peanut allergy.
"When my friends are eating like, I want it but I can't have it, so it makes me feel a bit sad," said Milo.
When his mother, Donna Litvack, learned of Ducré-Lemay's death she had new concerns.
That's when she realized that her son's understanding of his allergy was not complete.
"[He said] "'the girl I kiss, as long as she has a peanut allergy everything, will be fine,' and I said 'No Milo, that's not the case. The person has to have the exact same type of allergy as you,'" said Litvack.
According to Dr. Christine McCusker, the key to managing severe food allergies is to tell people and to always, always carry an Epipen.
"You have to say, 'Listen guys, I've got food allergies, I've got my Epipen, if there is a problem, help me,'" she said.
She said that children and young adults, aged 15 to 30, are most at risk of having anaphylactic shock.
"They're spending less time under the watchful eye of their parents. They're taking a few more risks and they're not as likely to be carrying their Epipens," said Dr. McCusker.
"The second risk factor is the delay in getting epinephrine."
It only takes minutes for a person with a severe allergic reaction to stop breathing, and by that time it may be too late for an epinephrine shot to work
"Which is why you always have to carry your Epipen even though you don't want to, and even though it's not cool," said Dr. McCusker.
People who have asthma, especially those who feel the need to carry an inhaler, are most likely to have a severe reaction.
Killed by a kiss: woman's death prompts new concerns about severe peanut allergies | CTV Montreal News
Maybe the next award winner. She needs lots o' help.
Sinead O'Connor: Suicide Watch on Chicago Bridges | TMZ.com
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BASE jumper who died in B.C. identified as former marine from Seattle
THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Sunday, June 26, 2016 04:19 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, June 27, 2016 02:00 AM EDT
SQUAMISH, B.C. -- A Seattle man who died BASE jumping from the Stawamus Chief Mountain in British Columbia wouldn't want anyone to assume the worst about the extreme sport, says his girlfriend.
Gary Kremer, a 30-year-old former marine, has been identified by his girlfriend Paige Anderson as the man who died near the popular outdoor adventure spot near Squamish, north of Vancouver, on Sunday.
"I just really want to make sure people don't look at this sport negatively because of what happened to him," said Anderson in a phone interview from Seattle.
"He loved it and he would not have changed a thing. He would have kept jumping for the rest of his life."
Neither the Squamish RCMP nor the B.C. Coroner's Service have identified the person who died in the accident. The coroner's service said the soonest a name would be released would be Monday.
Squamish RCMP have said the person jumped from the first peak of the Stawamus Chief, a granite cliff about 540 metres above the Sea-to-Sky Highway, just before 10 a.m. Sunday.
Witnesses told police the person's parachute failed to open until it was too late, and the person fell near the highway below, said RCMP.
Anderson said she was notified of the death of her boyfriend of two years by Mounties on Sunday. Her voice filled with emotion, she said Kremer began BASE jumping about nine years ago and fell in love with it.
"He was free. He could fly," she said. "It was a feeling he couldn't get anywhere else."
She said Kremer was a former five-year member of the U.S. Marine Corps. who now worked at Boeing and was also working toward becoming a full-time firefighter. He was drawn to the marines and firefighting because he loved to help others, she said.
Anderson, not a BASE jumper herself, said Kremer travelled often to go BASE jumping and he had jumped from the Stawamus Chief "many, many times" before.
"It was one of his favourite spots. He loved driving up there," she said.
She said she didn't want to talk about the details of what went wrong on Sunday, but he was with a group of friends who were able to help with the RCMP response.
Anderson stressed that people who participate in BASE jumping -- and their family members -- know it is risky, but it's what they love.
"They couldn't live without it. It's not a sport that's hurting anybody else," she said.
"People die hiking all the time. People die rock climbing all the time. But for some reason it's this sport that people look negatively upon."
BASE jumping is when people jump from a fixed structure or cliff using a parachute or wingsuit. It's considered more dangerous than skydiving due to the relatively low altitude of the jumps.
In 2010, after two BASE jumpers had to be rescued from the Stawamus Chief in less than a month, former Squamish mayor Greg Gardner called for a ban on the activity on the peak.
But current Squamish Mayor Patricia Heintzman said it would be difficult for her district to regulate the activity.
"The challenge is, where do you draw the limit? More people die of snowmobile deaths in avalanches," she said. "People make choices and have consequences of their choices every day of their lives, and sometimes you're lucky and sometimes you're not."
Sgt. Jolaine Percival of the Squamish RCMP said earlier Sunday that people from all over the world flock to the community to participate in activities like BASE jumping.
"Now, it's just ensuring that we deal with the family and get all the BASE jumper's belongings back to the family."
BASE jumper who died in B.C. identified as former marine from Seattle | Canada |
THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Sunday, June 26, 2016 04:19 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, June 27, 2016 02:00 AM EDT
SQUAMISH, B.C. -- A Seattle man who died BASE jumping from the Stawamus Chief Mountain in British Columbia wouldn't want anyone to assume the worst about the extreme sport, says his girlfriend.
Gary Kremer, a 30-year-old former marine, has been identified by his girlfriend Paige Anderson as the man who died near the popular outdoor adventure spot near Squamish, north of Vancouver, on Sunday.
"I just really want to make sure people don't look at this sport negatively because of what happened to him," said Anderson in a phone interview from Seattle.
"He loved it and he would not have changed a thing. He would have kept jumping for the rest of his life."
Neither the Squamish RCMP nor the B.C. Coroner's Service have identified the person who died in the accident. The coroner's service said the soonest a name would be released would be Monday.
Squamish RCMP have said the person jumped from the first peak of the Stawamus Chief, a granite cliff about 540 metres above the Sea-to-Sky Highway, just before 10 a.m. Sunday.
Witnesses told police the person's parachute failed to open until it was too late, and the person fell near the highway below, said RCMP.
Anderson said she was notified of the death of her boyfriend of two years by Mounties on Sunday. Her voice filled with emotion, she said Kremer began BASE jumping about nine years ago and fell in love with it.
"He was free. He could fly," she said. "It was a feeling he couldn't get anywhere else."
She said Kremer was a former five-year member of the U.S. Marine Corps. who now worked at Boeing and was also working toward becoming a full-time firefighter. He was drawn to the marines and firefighting because he loved to help others, she said.
Anderson, not a BASE jumper herself, said Kremer travelled often to go BASE jumping and he had jumped from the Stawamus Chief "many, many times" before.
"It was one of his favourite spots. He loved driving up there," she said.
She said she didn't want to talk about the details of what went wrong on Sunday, but he was with a group of friends who were able to help with the RCMP response.
Anderson stressed that people who participate in BASE jumping -- and their family members -- know it is risky, but it's what they love.
"They couldn't live without it. It's not a sport that's hurting anybody else," she said.
"People die hiking all the time. People die rock climbing all the time. But for some reason it's this sport that people look negatively upon."
BASE jumping is when people jump from a fixed structure or cliff using a parachute or wingsuit. It's considered more dangerous than skydiving due to the relatively low altitude of the jumps.
In 2010, after two BASE jumpers had to be rescued from the Stawamus Chief in less than a month, former Squamish mayor Greg Gardner called for a ban on the activity on the peak.
But current Squamish Mayor Patricia Heintzman said it would be difficult for her district to regulate the activity.
"The challenge is, where do you draw the limit? More people die of snowmobile deaths in avalanches," she said. "People make choices and have consequences of their choices every day of their lives, and sometimes you're lucky and sometimes you're not."
Sgt. Jolaine Percival of the Squamish RCMP said earlier Sunday that people from all over the world flock to the community to participate in activities like BASE jumping.
"Now, it's just ensuring that we deal with the family and get all the BASE jumper's belongings back to the family."
BASE jumper who died in B.C. identified as former marine from Seattle | Canada |
I question if "retard" is the appropriate term. More like a gamble that turned out badly.
Former Indianapolis Coltshttp://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/ind/ running back Zurlon Tipton is reportedly dead at the age of 26. According to Fox 2 in Detroit, Tipton accidentally shot and killed himselfhttp://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/166898506-story at a car dealership in Roseville, Mich.
The Wayne County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Tipton, who drove to the dealership Tuesday morning, reportedly to bring his vehicle in for service and pulled out a duffel bag containing two guns. One of the guns went off and, according to police, Tipton was shot in the stomach.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ex-col...d-from-own-accidental-gun-shot-201836763.html
Story don't say if he passed on his stupid yet. Hope not.
"Deserved to die" authorities said.
The Wayne County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Tipton, who drove to the dealership Tuesday morning, reportedly to bring his vehicle in for service and pulled out a duffel bag containing two guns. One of the guns went off and, according to police, Tipton was shot in the stomach.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ex-col...d-from-own-accidental-gun-shot-201836763.html
Story don't say if he passed on his stupid yet. Hope not.
"Deserved to die" authorities said.
Grizzly kills mountain biker near Glacier National Park
Matt Volz, The Associated Press
First posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 10:08 PM EDT | Updated: Thursday, June 30, 2016 08:02 AM EDT
HELENA, Mont. -- A grizzly bear attacked and killed a 38-year-old mountain biker as he was riding along a trail just outside Glacier National Park, Montana authorities said.
Brad Treat and another rider were in the Halfmoon Lakes area of the Flathead National Forest Wednesday when they apparently surprised the bear, Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry said.
The bear knocked Treat off his bike, and the second rider left to look for help, Curry said.
Authorities found Treat's body at the scene, but not the bear. Wildlife and law-enforcement officials were searching for the grizzly Wednesday evening.
Treat was a law-enforcement officer with the U.S. Forest Service.
"Brad was an integral member of our area law enforcement team and a friend to us all," Curry said.
Treat grew up in nearby Kalispell, where he was a standout distance runner in high school, his former coach, Paul Jorgenson, told the Flathead Beacon newspaper.
"He was a really good runner but he was also a kind-hearted person who cared about people," Jorgenson told the Beacon.
The second rider, who was not identified, was not injured. Authorities have closed the area, which is about 3 miles (4.8 km) away from Glacier's west entrance, for public safety.
Grizzlies in the Lower 48 states have been designated a threatened species since the 1970s, but their numbers are increasing and so are conflicts between humans and bears.
The grizzlies in the Glacier area are among about 1,000 bears in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem, which also includes the Bob Marshall Wilderness south of the park. At least 700 more grizzlies live in and around Yellowstone National Park, which is roughly 360 miles (579.4 km) south of Glacier.
Six people have been fatally mauled by bears in the Northern Rockies since 2010, but those deaths were mainly in the Yellowstone area. Glacier officials say there are usually one or two non-lethal encounters between bears and humans each year inside the park.
Before Wednesday, there had been 10 bear-related human deaths in Glacier since the park was created in 1910. The last was in 1998, when three bears killed and partially ate a park vendor employee while he was hiking.
In the most well-known Glacier attacks, bears killed two people in different parts of the park in a single night in 1967. Those attacks became the subject of a 1969 book by Jack Olsen titled "Night of the Grizzlies," and later a documentary by the same name.
Grizzly kills mountain biker near Glacier National Park | World | News | Toronto
Matt Volz, The Associated Press
First posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 10:08 PM EDT | Updated: Thursday, June 30, 2016 08:02 AM EDT
HELENA, Mont. -- A grizzly bear attacked and killed a 38-year-old mountain biker as he was riding along a trail just outside Glacier National Park, Montana authorities said.
Brad Treat and another rider were in the Halfmoon Lakes area of the Flathead National Forest Wednesday when they apparently surprised the bear, Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry said.
The bear knocked Treat off his bike, and the second rider left to look for help, Curry said.
Authorities found Treat's body at the scene, but not the bear. Wildlife and law-enforcement officials were searching for the grizzly Wednesday evening.
Treat was a law-enforcement officer with the U.S. Forest Service.
"Brad was an integral member of our area law enforcement team and a friend to us all," Curry said.
Treat grew up in nearby Kalispell, where he was a standout distance runner in high school, his former coach, Paul Jorgenson, told the Flathead Beacon newspaper.
"He was a really good runner but he was also a kind-hearted person who cared about people," Jorgenson told the Beacon.
The second rider, who was not identified, was not injured. Authorities have closed the area, which is about 3 miles (4.8 km) away from Glacier's west entrance, for public safety.
Grizzlies in the Lower 48 states have been designated a threatened species since the 1970s, but their numbers are increasing and so are conflicts between humans and bears.
The grizzlies in the Glacier area are among about 1,000 bears in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem, which also includes the Bob Marshall Wilderness south of the park. At least 700 more grizzlies live in and around Yellowstone National Park, which is roughly 360 miles (579.4 km) south of Glacier.
Six people have been fatally mauled by bears in the Northern Rockies since 2010, but those deaths were mainly in the Yellowstone area. Glacier officials say there are usually one or two non-lethal encounters between bears and humans each year inside the park.
Before Wednesday, there had been 10 bear-related human deaths in Glacier since the park was created in 1910. The last was in 1998, when three bears killed and partially ate a park vendor employee while he was hiking.
In the most well-known Glacier attacks, bears killed two people in different parts of the park in a single night in 1967. Those attacks became the subject of a 1969 book by Jack Olsen titled "Night of the Grizzlies," and later a documentary by the same name.
Grizzly kills mountain biker near Glacier National Park | World | News | Toronto
