Accidents New York State

In the tight-knit community of drivers who compete at Ventura Raceway, Robert Overacker was considered somewhat of a loner, a man who raced aggressively, yet fairly. Few people, even those who worked on their cars virtually side by side with him, knew of his flair for the dramatic, a trait that ultimately led to his death. Overacker, 39, drowned Sunday after riding a Jet Ski over Niagara Falls.

A 6-year-old boy undergoing an MRI exam was killed when the machine's powerful magnet pulled a metal oxygen tank through the air, fracturing his skull. Officials at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla said the tank was inadvertently brought into the exam room Friday after Michael Colombini, of Croton-on-Hudson, was in the magnetic resonance imaging machine and the 10-ton electromagnet was switched on.

A 6-year-old Buffalo boy was swept to his death in Niagara Falls as his mother watched. Richard Karm had spotted some people at the water's edge at a popular falls picnic spot. He ran toward them and fell into the Niagara River that feeds the falls, authorities said. Thomas Rowe, a friend of Richard's mother, went in after him, only to be carried 200 feet before inching his way back to shore.

A 6-year-old Buffalo boy was swept to his death in Niagara Falls as his mother watched. Richard Karm had spotted some people at the water's edge at a popular falls picnic spot. He ran toward them and fell into the Niagara River that feeds the falls, authorities said. Thomas Rowe, a friend of Richard's mother, went in after him, only to be carried 200 feet before inching his way back to shore.

A 6-year-old boy undergoing an MRI exam was killed when the machine's powerful magnet pulled a metal oxygen tank through the air, fracturing his skull. Officials at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla said the tank was inadvertently brought into the exam room Friday after Michael Colombini, of Croton-on-Hudson, was in the magnetic resonance imaging machine and the 10-ton electromagnet was switched on.

In the tight-knit community of drivers who compete at Ventura Raceway, Robert Overacker was considered somewhat of a loner, a man who raced aggressively, yet fairly. Few people, even those who worked on their cars virtually side by side with him, knew of his flair for the dramatic, a trait that ultimately led to his death. Overacker, 39, drowned Sunday after riding a Jet Ski over Niagara Falls.