There is no indication that 34-year-old Laura Jessica Smythe's death was not accidental, according to Robert Frost, the San Mateo County Coroner. "[Her death] was consistent with freshwater drowning, associated with probable hypothermia," stated Frost. Foster also added that Smythe's body had methamphetamines when she died.
Lead 4a: An entire flight leaving Minneapolis was evacuated today, after a landing tower employee spotted smoke near the wheels of the jet.
The 40 passengers of Flight 428 were evacuated at the Municipal Airport in Lacrosse, Wisconsin.
Lead 4b: A 7-year-old boy was found after three years on Thursday night in Brick Township, New Jersey. A neighbor immediately called the police after recognizing the child's picture shown at the end of the movie Adam: The Song Continues.
Police Arrested the boy's mother, 27-year-old Ellen Lynn Conner. Conner now faces charges of kidnapping and interference with a custody warrant.
Lead 5:
Fact Set #1: delayed identification lead
An employee of Gross Engineers suffered third-degree burns after touching a 15,000 volt power line and was listed into the intensive care unit in a Springfield hospital Wednesday afternoon.
The accident took place at he Springfield Municipal Power Plant at 222 Power Dr. where the pipe fitter, 55-year-old Duane La Chance, was apparently installing new pipes on the roof of the power plant, when he touched a power line containing 15,000 volts with a piece of angle iron, says Project Manager for Gross Engineers Henry Ronsen.
Fact Set #2: immediate identification lead
Actor and comedian Chevy Chase was appointed to Bard College's board of trustees yesterday in New York.
The Alumni's appointment was announced at an alumni dinner during the school's Homecoming week.
Lead 3) I'd start with the woman's cause of death, not the coroner announcing it. (You can put the attribution at the end of the sentence.) 8.5/10
ReplyDelete4a) Combine your two sentences and you've got it! 9/10
4b) Very close ... you just need to slip in the part about him being missing for three years to provide the context for his being found. 9/10
5a) You got the delayed ID part right, but I'd describe him as a "Springfield pipe fitter" not a Gross Engineers employee. You don't know how well known Gross Engineers is. 9/10
5b) OK, but say where in New York -- it's a big state. 9/10