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Accident leaves Rachelle Friedman unable to walk, wed

(NEWSER) - A North Carolina woman was paralyzed after a bachelorette party prank, and the accident has left her unable to walk and to wed because of health insurance trouble. A month before she was to marry boyfriend Chris Chapman, Rachelle Friedman was partying with her girlfriends when they decided to take a dip in the pool. "My best friend—and she still is my best friend—she playfully pushed me in like we've done a million times," she tells ABC . "It was playful, but it went wrong," said Friedman, who hit her head on the pool bottom and suffered a C6 spinal cord injury. More»

Jimi Heselden dies after going over cliff

(NEWSER) - Jimi Heselden, the multi-millionaire who bought the Segway company in December, died in a freak accident involving one of his own two-wheelers. The 62-year-old rode off a cliff and into a river while inspecting the grounds of his UK estate yesterday, reports the Daily Mail . The death of Heselden, one of the country's most generous philanthropists, is not believed to be suspicious. More»

Man tries too hard to catch a foul at Rangers game

(NEWSER) - A Rangers-Indians game ground to a terrifying halt in Texas last night when a man flipped over the upper deck railing and plunged 30 feet to the seating area below. The fan was sitting in the front row, and reached out too far trying to catch a foul ball, witnesses tell MLB.com . He was still conscious when carried off on a stretcher, and is currently in the hospital. Four other people sustained minor injuries. More»

(NEWSER) - An escaped tiger ended up roaming the streets of Las Vegas after pulling a disappearing act from its magician owners, AP reports. Police, who heard reports from residents about a wandering tiger, say they recaptured the tame animal without incident after it was found in a back yard. The animal is believed to belong to the Fernando Brothers magic act. More»

Car part bounces off track, fractures Felipe Massa's skull

(NEWSER) - A Brazilian auto racer is in “life-threatening,” though stable, condition after a spring from another car bounced off the track and hit the driver in the helmet, knocking him unconscious as he drove into a barrier, the Independent reports. Felipe Massa’s surgery for multiple skull fractures was “reassuring,” noted his doctor, who said the Brazilian Ferrari driver, who was competing in a Hungarian Grand Prix qualifier, had suffered no brain damage. More»