Dead unlucky

Virginia Yates, 60, of Vermont, was killed recently after she fell getting off a pontoon boat onto a dock. According to a witness, she sustained a twisted ankle and a bump on the head - not life-threatening injuries - but because she was unable to walk up the 100-plus steps to a nearby house, rescuers decided to ferry her across the river to a waiting ambulance. Ms Yates was strapped to a backboard and placed on an airboat - which then began taking on water, capsized, and sank, taking Ms Yates with it. The emergency services personnel, none of whom were injured, were unable to recover Ms Yates until some time later.