Read more fatalities stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/19437/fatalities.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:42:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64688/marseilles-cops-probe-madonna-stage-collapse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolice in Marseilles have launched a manslaughter investigation into the Madonna stage collapse that killed two and injured ten others, the Times of London reports. Police plan to question dozens of witnesses, analyze videotape, and read over commercial contracts. The company that built the stage—and constructed a Madonna stage...http://www.newser.com/story/64688/marseilles-cops-probe-madonna-stage-collapse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Jul 2009 19:03:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64539/after-rash-of-deaths-uk-rethinks-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEight British soldiers were killed in Afghanistan last week within just 24 hours, the worst day of casualties the UK had seen in 30 years. After 15 fatalities in July alone, Gordon Brown is facing severe criticism for underfinancing the war effort, particularly for not providing enough helicopters to troops,...http://www.newser.com/story/64539/after-rash-of-deaths-uk-rethinks-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 9:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56565/maryland-family-dead-in-apparent-murder-suicide.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolice discovered five bodies in a Maryland house today after a man apparently butchered his family and killed himself, the Frederick News Post reports. Few details are known, but police in Middletown, Md., say Christopher Alan Wood, 34, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the AP reports. His wife, two...http://www.newser.com/story/56565/maryland-family-dead-in-apparent-murder-suicide.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 18 Apr 2009 15:05:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56020/fla-boat-crash-leaves-5-dead-7-injured.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 22-foot pleasure boat smashed into a docked tug boat near Jacksonville, Fla., last night, killing at least five people and seriously injuring seven, the Florida Times-Union reports. The victims, many of them friends from California, were all on board the 2000 Crownline powerboat that appeared "beached on the barge"...http://www.newser.com/story/56020/fla-boat-crash-leaves-5-dead-7-injured.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Apr 2009 3:33:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54060/17-die-as-plane-crashes-into-montana-cemetery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSeventeen people died in Butte, Mont., today when a single-engine plane crashed in a cemetery and burst into flames, the Montana Standard reports. Several children were among the victims, who boarded this morning in Orville, Calif., en route to Bozeman. The pilot changed route mid-flight and landed about 500 feet...http://www.newser.com/story/54060/17-die-as-plane-crashes-into-montana-cemetery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 22 Mar 2009 17:53:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47646/us-airline-safety-record-best-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAirline safety has improved so much that the chances of dying in an air crash are now less than being elected president, according to a safety expert. For the first time since jet travel began, not a single person died in a crash of a US carrier for two years,...http://www.newser.com/story/47646/us-airline-safety-record-best-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Jan 2009 6:07:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/37772/7-us-soldiers-killed-in-iraq-copter-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSeven US soldiers were killed in southern Iraq today when their helicopter crashed, the AP reports. "At this time we are uncertain of the cause, but hostile fire has been ruled out," a military spokesman said. The crash occurred shortly after midnight in a desert under British military control, as...http://www.newser.com/story/37772/7-us-soldiers-killed-in-iraq-copter-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Sep 2008 8:04:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37332/up-to-15-dead-in-la-train-smashup.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTen to 15 people are dead and 70 injured after two trains collided in Los Angeles during rush hour today, the Los Angeles Times reports. At least 10 are critically hurt and dozens are likely trapped after a freight train slammed a Metrolink commuter train and derailed several cars. Firefighters...http://www.newser.com/story/37332/up-to-15-dead-in-la-train-smashup.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Sep 2008 19:21:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36877/speed-limits-arent-saving-lives-so-make-cars-slower.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSpeeding contributes to 13,000 US road deaths each year, and, at 30% of traffic fatalities, places only slightly behind alcohol, at 39%, Kent A. Sepkowitz writes in the New York Times . While preventing drunk driving is a complex problem requiring cooperation of motorists, police, and educators, speeding can be...http://www.newser.com/story/36877/speed-limits-arent-saving-lives-so-make-cars-slower.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Sep 2008 13:27:01 CDT