Griffin Autopsy Shows Alcohol in System When Hit by Train
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Former NBA player Eddie Griffin had more than three times the legal alcohol limit in his system when he crashed his sport utility vehicle into a moving train and died this summer, according to an autopsy report released Friday.
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NEW YORK  - Heavy drinking, including alcohol-based liquids not meant to be ingested, such as cologne or cleansers, caused nearly half of all deaths among working-age men living in Izhevsk, Russia, between 2003 and 2005, investigators report in The Lancet.
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A crew member aboard a commuter train that dragged a passenger to his death may not have been correctly positioned to watch the platform as the car pulled away, authorities said Wednesday.
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Heavy consumption of alcohol from drinks as well as sources including medicinal remedies and cleaning agents may be a leading cause of death among working-age Russian men, researchers said on Thursday.
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Investigations began Wednesday into what caused Australia&#39;s worst train disaster in decades as rescuers completed the gruesome task of recovering bodies from the mangled wreckage.
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THE track where a passenger train crashed in south-east Queensland today, injuring more than 100 people, was inspected just hours beforehand, rail authorities said.
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POLICE investigating a train crash that left six dead and scores injured near London on Saturday are examining whether it was caused by a suicide.
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COLUMBIA, S.C., Jan. 8 -- Investigators wearing protective suits and oxygen tanks Saturday discovered the body of a factory worker missing since a train carrying chlorine gas wrecked earlier this week, causing one of the nation's deadliest chemical spills in years.
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LONDON -- Police were trying yesterday to determine whether a suicide was the cause of a crash that killed six people and seriously injured 11 after a car stopped on the tracks as the high-speed train approached.
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MOSCOW, Nov 17 (IPS) - Russian authorities are searching for new solutions  to tackle alcoholism after reports started to emerge last month  that thousands of people may have died from consumption of the  popular home-made alcohol Samogon. Low-grade industrially  manufactured alcohol may have gone into the drink, according to  some reports.
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A man was struck and killed early Tuesday by a commuter train sent to pick up passengers stranded after their first train hit and killed a woman, authorities said.
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A French high speed train hit a truck on Wednesday, killing the vehicle's driver and injuring many passengers, French radio reported.
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An overdose of cocaine contributed to the heart attack that killed former Houston Astros third baseman and National League Most Valuable Player Ken Caminiti on Oct. 10, according to autopsy results made public on Monday.
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UK News, UFTON NERVET - Six people were killed and cores injured in a train-car collision at a level crossing. The high-speed passenger train flew off the rails in the force of collision.
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CHILHOWIE, Va. - Fourteen cars of an 83-car Norfolk Southern train derailed near an industrial park, leaving the area smelling like a brewery Thursday.  About 20,000 gallons of beer leaked from three cars of the Roanoke-bound train, said railway spokesman Robin Chapman.
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A rail union demands an external inquiry into the deaths of two men hit by a train, apparently after spraying graffiti.
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Lifestyle: 4 January 2005, Tuesday. A 67-year-old man had a 9.14 promilles blood alcohol level when he got crushed by a truck at the end of December, police say.