freak accident

May was one week away from a minor league rehabilitation stint last summer when he had what he called a “complete freak accident” on July 10, suffering a serious tear in his esophagus when a piece of lettuce from a salad got lodged in his throat.

A North Lanarkshire woman who nearly died in a freak accident in Bali has returned to the Indonesian island just seven months after the crash.

In what May described as a “complete freak accident,” he unknowingly suffered a serious tear in his esophagus — one that required emergency surgery that night, dashed any hopes of him returning before the end of the season and left him with a new perspective on not only baseball but also the fragility of life.

Vickers had said he bore "moral responsibility" for killing his daughter but claimed it had been a "freak accident" in the confines of their small kitchen.

A father who claimed his teenage daughter died in a "freak accident" during a play-fight has been jailed for at least 15 years for her murder.