fatality

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Eleven days after Lunas Campos died, 36-year-old Victor Manuel Diaz marked the third fatality in six weeks at the El Paso tent camp.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

Kala-azar is spread by sandflies and is one of the most dangerous neglected tropical diseases, with a fatality rate of 95 percent if untreated, causing fever, weight loss, and enlargement of the spleen and liver.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

Prior to the Ahmedabad crash, it had operated for nearly a decade and a half without a single fatality.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

Ruiz’s death was the third fatality linked to the Pineapple Express storm that has brought debris flows, downpours and evacuations to the Southland.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

One crumpled frankfurter lav 011 its side, its one wheel horizontal above it, a traffic fatality.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole