Killer Texas Winter Storm Claims 7 Lives

The high temperature at the Dallas/Fort Worth airport Saturday was 26 degrees -- the coldest high temperature ever recorded there on December 7 and the coldest December day in Dallas/Fort Worth in 23 years, CNN affiliate WFAA-TV reported.

At least seven people have died in storm-related incidents, with the Texas State Patrol reporting two weather-related fatalities on Saturday but providing no details.

In Lewisville, about 25 miles north of Dallas, the driver of a pickup lost control on an icy road, spun out of control on a road over Lake Lewisville, went over a guard rail and landed in the water. Firefighters dove into the frigid water and towed the truck to the bridge. The unidentified driver died. A passenger was killed Thursday when a vehicle lost control and crashed into another car in Hockley County, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.

In Arkansas man was killed late Thursday when a tree fell on his camper in Pope County, the Department of Emergency Management said. Highway Patrol officials in Oklahoma blamed at least one death, in Muskogee, on the weather. In New Mexico, one person died when a semi crashed near Clines Corners.

The storm took a toll on travel, causing hundreds of car crashes and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of departures at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. The FAA said Saturday operations had returned to normal. Abandoned cars littered the interstate outside Dallas.

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Jealous Man Pours Acid in Face of Bride of Another man

A 22-year-old bride sustained burns after a young man threw acid on her face at a beauty parlour at Sarabha nagar here today.

The woman had gone to the parlour for her bridal make up shortly before her marriage when the young man barged in and threw acid on her and fled the spot, police said.
The victim, resident of Barnala town, sustained 45 per cent burns and was admitted to the ICU (burn) of a local hospital, where her condition was stated to be stable.

Stating that the girl's face, eyes, chest and abdomen were affected, Medical Superintendent of the hospital Ashwani Chaudhary said it was premature to say whether "she will retain her vision or not".
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According to preliminary interrogations of the family, the man, also of Barnala, and a friend of the victim's brother, used to make threatening calls to the woman asking her to marry him or face consequences, the CP said.

 

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Men Stretched Steel Tow Cable From One Side of Street to Other, Motorcyclist Nearly Decapitated, Dies

In Brazil, 25 years old José Aparecido Ferreira (José Ferreira Ali) died after colliding with a steel cable used to pull a broken-down truck.

The man broke his neck and had severe injuries in the chest. He was taken to the hospital but doctors couldn't save his life.

The company responsible for the steel cable is being investigated for culpable homicide, since there were no warning signs when the accident happened.

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