UPDATE: TITANIC LIFE JACKET SELLS FOR NEARLY $1 MILLION AT AUCTION AS RARE ARTIFACTS DRAW RECORD INTEREST. (PHOTO).

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 Titanic life jacket sells for nearly $1 million at auction as rare artifacts draw record interest    A life jacket worn by a Titanic passenger during the 1912 disaster has sold at auction for 670,000 pounds ($906,000), far exceeding expectations as collectors continue to drive strong demand for rare artifacts from the ill-fated voyage. The preserved flotation device belonged to first-class passenger Laura Mabel Francatelli, who escaped the sinking liner aboard a lifeboat. The item, which also bears signatures from Francatelli and other survivors from the same lifeboat, was the standout piece in a sale of Titanic memorabilia and was purchased by an anonymous telephone bidder. Auction estimates had placed the life jacket between 250,000 and 350,000 pounds, but competitive bidding pushed the final price well beyond that range, including the buyer’s premium. Another major item in the same auction was a seat cushion from one of the Titanic’s lifeboats, which sold for 390,000 ...
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IOWA BUS CRASH KILLS 19-YEAR-OLD SOUTH DAKOTA COLLEGE BASEBALL PLAYER, OFFICIALS SAY. (PHOTO).

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 Iowa bus crash kills 19-year-old South Dakota college baseball player, officials say

 Authorities have identified a 19-year-old from South Dakota as the only person killed in a bus crash in rural Iowa that left 32 other members of a community college baseball team injured.

Carter Johnson, an outfielder in his first year at Iowa Lakes Community College from Rapid City, died Wednesday after the team’s bus overturned in a ditch along a highway near Twin Lakes, Iowa, about 85 miles northwest of Des Moines. Iowa State Patrol Lt. Aaron Smidt said the bus went off the road for “unknown reasons,” and the crash remains under investigation.

“Carter was a great teammate, a friend, and a valued member of our athletic community,” said Troy Larson, the school’s athletic director. “In his time here, he really impacted our campus, both in the classroom and on the playing field.”

Smidt said student-athletes in a trailing vehicle were performing CPR on Johnson when first responders arrived, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The remaining 32 passengers sustained injuries but are stable, with three airlifted to hospitals in the Des Moines area.

The team had games scheduled on Thursday and Friday at North Arkansas College in Harrison, Arkansas. Larson said coaches and players will meet in the coming weeks to determine how to continue the season. Smidt noted the crash was “a pretty violent collision” and that recovery from injuries will take time.


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