freak accident

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"After speaking to mountain rescue, they said it was a freak accident," said Brandan, who had travelled to Wales from Barnsley to go climbing.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

In a freak accident, he injured his neck when a wave caused him to flip and hit the sand in Langland Bay, Swansea.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

A freak accident on the set of “L.A.’s Finest,” an upcoming cop drama starring Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba, injured two of the series’ showrunners, with one losing part of his leg in the incident.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

In a freak accident, Steve Irwin died after being pierced through the heart by a usually chill stingray while filming an underwater documentary in a lagoon off the Great Barrier Reef.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2025

In 1651, a freak accident leaves the son of an English aristocrat with a gaping hole in his chest.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti