Reuters reports that a garbage-filled dump truck trying to race across the tracks ahead of an Amtrak train this morning simply didn’t make it. Nor did the driver. Downeaster train 681, headed from Boston to Portland, Maine crashed in North Berwick at 11am. Four of the train’s 112 passengers were injured.
Pennsylvania police said today that Jackass star Ryan Dunn was drunk before crashing his Porsche 911 GT3 on Monday, killing himself and a friend. Tests show he had a blood alcohol level of 0.196 per cent, twice the legal limit. [Jalopnik]
Ryan Dunn, who will forever be known for sticking a Hot Wheels car up his own arse in the movie Jackass and another as-of-yet-unidentified person, both died in a crash outside of Philadelphia early this morning. [Jalopnik]
Michele Dufault, a Yale student who was just weeks from graduation, died today when her hair was pulled into equiptment in the chemistry lab machine shop.
