fatally

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In March, two people were fatally bitten by rattlesnakes in Southern California alone, a 46-year-old woman from Ventura County and a 25-year-old man in Orange County.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Similar efforts have appeared in Koreatown, where a group of activists painted a crosswalk at an intersection where a 9-year-old boy was fatally struck by a vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Diagne, a naturalized U.S. citizen since 2013, bought the guns legally in 2017 and was fatally shot by police.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

The 68-year-old was fatally injured just two days after the dogs were banned in England and Wales.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

The man’s body felt so old, so frail, yet so fatally single-purposed that for the first time Jason saw clear and unshadowed the disaster toward which he rushed.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner