2-Year-Old Girl and Parents Use Parachute to Survive Plane Crash with 'Minor Cuts and Scratches'

Santa Rosa residents survive plane crash in Whitethorn, California.Photo:Shelter Cove Fire/instagram Shelter Cove Fire/instagram A family of three — including a 2-year-old girl — survived a plane crash with only minor cuts and scratches Friday after their aircraft’s parachute system lowered them to safety. According to a release from theMendocino County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO), the incident happened when the aircraft lost engine power about five minutes after take-off and descended into some trees near Whitethorn, California.

2-Year-Old Girl Dies in New Jersey After Being in Hot Car for Hours

Police tape.Photo: GettyA 2-year-old girl died in New Jersey on Tuesday after she was left inside a hot vehicle on a day when temperatures climbed into the high-80s.At about 2 p.m. the toddler was found in the backseat in a New Jersey driveway outside a Franklin Township home, the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office said in a release.According to the release, officers responded to a call of a child in cardiac arrest at a residence on Summerall Road.

2-Year-Old Reportedly Dies After Waiting Hours for Hospital Bed: 'We Were Ignored,' Mom Claims

The parents of a 2-year-old boy who died while seeking treatment at a hospital in Australia are speaking out, accusing the facility of failing their son “at every level.” “He died a cruel death at the hands of a hospital that failed him,” mom Elouise Massa said of her late son Joe in an interview with9News. On Sept. 14, 2024, a weakened Joe was taken to Northern Beaches Hospital in Sydney after having vomited throughout the night,Australian Broadcasting Corporation(ABC News) reported.

2-Year-Old Shoots Self with Missouri Officer's Gun After it Was Left Unattended

2-Year-Old injured self with Missouri officer’s gun. A2-year-oldhas been injured after accidentally shooting himself with a sheriff deputy’s gun. According toSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, the incident occurred on Saturday when the toddler wandered into a room during a family gathering in Ferguson, Mo. Meanwhile, Ferguson police spokesperson Pat Washington told the outlet that there were plans to apply for charges on Thursday. PEOPLE has contacted the Ferguson Police Department for comment.

2-Year-Old Sole Survivor After 9 Die in Wisconsin Highway Crash: ‘Tearing This Community Apart’

A 2-year-old boy is the lone survivor of a crash in Wisconsin that killed nine people, including members of an Amish community in Virginia. Preliminary reports say a tractor-trailer was traveling eastbound on State Highway 95 on Friday when it entered an intersection and struck a van traveling northbound on County Highway J, according to Chief Deputy James Hirsch of theClark County Sheriff’s Office. The semi, which was hauling milk, swerved to avoid the van that had turned into its path at the intersection, witness Nathaniel Jahn, a former marine, told theMilwaukee Journal Sentinel.