A 78-year-old Mississippi man who two weeks ago was discovered alive and kicking inside a body bag after he was pronounced dead, died on Thursday, The Clarion-Ledger reported.

Holmes County, Miss., Coroner Dexter Howard confirmed that Walter Williams died at around 1 a.m. Thursday morning.

Williams’ family said after his near-death experience that they were just happy to spend some more time with him.

"He's got very strong faith, and he instilled it in us all," Williams' daughter, Mary Williams, told the paper. "That's how we know it's the Lord that brought him back, and not just the man."

Williams, of Lexington, Miss., was pronounced dead the first time on February 26 after a coroner failed to detect his pulse. He was taken to Porter and Sons Funeral Home to be embalmed where he began kicking inside the body bag.

An ambulance was called to transport Williams -- who was known as "Snowball" or "Snow" because he was born during a Mississippi blizzard--- to the hospital where he was stabilized. Shortly after he was talking to family and friends.

• Elderly Man Wakes Up in Body Bag at Funeral Home

Williams, a father of 11, grandfather of 15 and great-grandfather of six, was receiving at-home hospice care for end-stage cardiovascular disease and was suffering from severe hypoglycemia, according to The Clarion-Ledger.

Officials at the University of Mississippi Medical Center said that Williams' critical hypoglycemia mixed with medications given during hospice care would have made it tough to find a pulse, The Clarion-Ledge reported.

Have you ever wondered whether your child’s school lunch is nutritious and delicious? Well, some top chefs from New York certainly think that lunches served at San Diego schools are both of those things.

These days, students across the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) have many choices when it comes to their cafeteria lunch menu. But are they good choices?

During lunch time at Jerebek Elementary School in Scripps Ranch, for instance, students have a choice of three entrees: a mesquite chicken drumstick, macaroni and cheese or a sun butter sandwich. Each is accompanied with a dip tray with a variety of fruits and vegetables.

“I had the macaroni and cheese, which I’m still finishing,” one student told NBC 7.

While many students at Jerebek Elementary ate the school lunch, many others brought their lunch from home.

“Sometimes I don’t like the food here, so my mom packs me my own lunch,” explained a student who brought her own food.

Some students only eat the lunch offered at school once or twice a week – on select days.

“The chicken nuggets are good, but those are only on Friday,” said one girl.

While the lunch time food choices may not be popular with every student, Mark Ainsworth – a chef and professor at the Culinary Institute of America – said the lunch dishes are packed with solid, healthy items.

“I think it’s more nutritionally-balanced at school than it would be at home, unless mom or dad is a nutritionist or dietician,” said Ainsworth, who has been touring schools in San Diego, checking out the food.

In a few instances on Wednesday, he pointed out where a lunch brought from home didn’t have as much protein as the school lunch – even when it came to the mac and cheese.

“Well, what does she have [in the mac and cheese]? She has the protein in the cheese, she’s got whole grain,” Ainsworth explained, analyzing a student’s lunch bought at the cafeteria.

Ainsworth said school lunches are regulated by the USDA, overseeing how much sodium, protein, fats and carbohydrates are served per meal.

Still, the chef said the food won’t always appeal to all students.

“I think that’s just human nature, whether it’s at home or at school,” said Ainsworth.

“I don’t like the mac and cheese,” said one student.

“What about the chicken?” asked NBC 7’s Rory Devine.

“I’m a vegetarian,” the girl replied.

But if the students can’t find something to eat at school all five days, pack a lunch – much make sure it’s nutritionally-balanced.

“The kid’s got to eat,” said Ainsworth. “One thing I always ask a lot of my classes: ‘If we have 2,000 calories a day to spend on our food, which percentage should come from protein, carbs and fats? Most adults get it wrong, but here [at schools] they get it right.”

The answer to Ainsworth’s nutrition question: 45 to 65 percent of one’s diet should be made up of carbs, while 10 to 35 percent should be protein and 20 to 35 percent should be fat.

On Thursday, an expert in food psychology and behavioral economics visited schools in the San Diego Unified School District as part of an effort to get children to eat good food.

According to experts, one way to do that is to engage students by having them come up with the food names themselves.

“We ran a study where we named baby carrots “X-Ray Vision Carrots” and consumption went up about 70 percent,” said Adam Brumberg, deputy director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab.

Brumberg said the order of items in a lunch line and how students make their way through that line also impacts the consumption of healthy food.

At Jerebek Elementary School, Brumberg said having the salad bar in a highly visible area makes it easier for students to make better choices at lunch time.

With March being National Nutrition Month, the school district is honing in on that student engagement by running a “Kids Create Recipe Contest” open to any SDUSD student grades K-12.

Those who enter the contest are asked to create a recipe that can be served in their school’s cafeteria using either whole grain brown rice or whole grain tortillas. Next year, according to USDA regulations, the amount of whole grains much be increased.

A source of protein, such as two ounces of chicken, turkey, cheese or beans should also be included in the recipe. Simple, additional ingredients are also allowed, as long as those additions are fresh and healthy.

The contest runs through Mar. 31. To enter, recipes can be emailed to kidscreaterecipe@sandi.net or mailed to Kid’s Recipe Contest at 6735 Gifford Way, Room 5, San Diego, CA 92111. The recipe can also be placed into an envelope and turned into a child’s school cafeteria. The entry should also include a photo, video or drawing of the recipe.
 

C-sections are fairly common in human births, but it's rare to hear about them in the animal kingdom.

That's why San Diego Zoo Safari Park officials are touting the birth of a brand new baby gorilla, courtesy of an emergency c-section.

According to park officials, 18-year-old gorilla Imani went into labor Wednesday morning.

However, by that evening, she showed no signs of progress, so veterinary staff took her to the Safari Park veterinary hospital for a emergency surgery.

"In retrospect the c-section was the right decision," said the park’s Associate Director of Veterinary Services Nadine Lamberski in a release. "We think the health of the fetus would have been compromised if we delayed the surgery any longer.”

The operation was done by a San Diego Zoo Global team and outside consultants, including a veterinary surgeon and human neonatal specialist from UC San Diego Medical Center.

The 4.6-pound gorilla baby showed complications that veterinarians believe is related to a difficult labor, zoo officials say.

The little girl is in intensive care at the veterinary hospital, receiving oxygen and extra fluids, and her mother Imani is recovering from surgery in the gorilla bedroom area.

The baby is Imani’s first baby, and she’s the 17th to be born at the safari park, which now houses eight gorillas.

Two of the males were also born in San Diego: Monroe in 2011 and Frank in 2008.

A winner has at last come forward to claim the $2.6 million Mega Millions ticket sold in San Diego County last December.

The California Lottery said Rosa Juarez picked up her prize at the San Diego district office.

She did not give any other details or explain why it took her nearly three months to claim her winnings.

Juarez’s ticket was sold on Dec. 17, 2013 at the Square Bottle Liquor at 21 Naples Street in Chula Vista. She had 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim her prize.

The Mega Millions jackpot at that point was a record-breaking $648 million, and Juarez’s ticket matched all but the Mega number.

Square Bottle Liquor will get a bonus $13,000 for selling the prize-winning ticket of more than $1 million.

During that drawing, another San Diego ticket matching five of the numbers earned two women more than $2.6 million. That ticket was sold at the Fuller Liquor and Deli on Rosecrans Street.

Steve Tran of San Jose took half of the big jackpot, splitting the top prize with Georgia resident Ira Curry.

If Juarez’s winnings wasn't claimed, lotto officials said the prize money will go to California public schools.

A passionate group of students and parents rallied outside Rancho Bernardo High School Thursday morning, all in support of a basketball coach facing serious accusations.

Last November, the local branch of the NAACP received an anonymous complaint against varsity basketball coach Jim Choe. The alleged offenses were only described as, “Discrimination, Harassment, Retaliation.”

Although the complaint was filed four months ago, NAACP branch president Lei-Chala I. Wilson said they have continued to receive emails with similar complaints.

Supporters have jumped to Choe’s defense. They claim this is a smear campaign from the family of a disgruntled student.

“I don’t see bad language. I don’t hear anything like that. I think he’s firm, but I think he’s fair,” parent Beau Stewart said at Thursday’s rally.

“He’s never preferentially treated a player or discrimitorally [sic] treated a player. It’s always even no matter what age, what demographic, what color they are. He’s never exhibited any signs of racism,” said Scott Fuller, a former player and coach.

The Poway Unified School District confirmed that it investigated Choe last fall. The district received an anonymous letter detailing instances of alleged bullying, racism and rudeness.

The district told NBC 7 that they typically don’t launch an investigation without a formal complaint, but made an exception because of the bullying accusation. The district confirmed that the case was closed last fall and that Choe is still employed at the high school.

Wilson said the NAACP’s education committee is currently investigating the allegations.

The body of a homicide victim found burning on a dirt road in Alpine last weekend has been identified, officials from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department announced Thursday.

According to investigators, the victim is Kimberly Renee Hayes, 35, a resident of Lakeside. The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office has determined that Hayes’ death was a homicide.

On Sunday morning, just before 5 a.m., an employee of the Sweetwater Authority reported the discovery of a body on fire on a dirt road off the 17500-block of Sequan Truck Trail in San Diego’s Alpine area.

When deputies arrived, they found a gruesome scene: the victim’s remains still smoldering on the roadway.

Until Thursday, no information had been released about the victim. Further details surrounding the homicide case have not yet been disclosed by investigators, including a motive or possible suspect.

A friends of Hayes’ spoke with NBC 7 Thursday and said Hays had a troubled life, and a drug problem. The friend, who hadn’t seen Hayes in more than a year, said Hayes would often hang out with the wrong people.

Anyone with information on this case should contact the sheriff’s Homicide Detail at (858) 974-2321 or after-hours at (858) 565-5200. Tipsters can also call Crime Stoppers with information on this case at (888) 580-8477.
 

A one-year-old San Diego boy – dubbed “Miracle Baby” by loved ones – is now being cared for by family members just one day after surviving a deadly, high-speed rollover crash that claimed his mother’s life.

Miraculously, with only a few scratches on his little head, 18-month-old Riley was home with uncle Jonny Dewitt on Thursday, as well as his aunt and grandmother. The boy was running around and appeared healthy.

The family calls the boy a “Miracle Baby” after he survived a crash Wednesday along Interstate 8 in Alpine, near Tavern Road. His mother, identified by family members as Lindsey Woods, 21, was driving a Jeep Cherokee at approximately 70 mph when she lost control of the vehicle, swerved off the freeway and plunged 150 feet down an embankment.

Woods died at the scene. Riley and a male passenger described by Woods’ family as an "acquaintance" survived the crash. The man sustained life-threatening injuries and was hospitalized.

Riley was unharmed, except for a few scrapes, according to California Highway Patrol officials.

The CHP said Riley was secured in a safety car seat in the middle of the backseat at the time of the rollover crash.

The tot's family credits the car seat for saving Riley’s life. They want others to use his sister's story as a reminder to always secure children into their car seats.

“If you really love your kid, buckle him in,” he said. "Lives can be spared."

DeWitt said his sister was a great mother to Riley. In fact, he said having Riley completely “turned her life around.”

"She started doing everything right [after Riley was born.] She was my baby sister," DeWitt told NBC 7. "She was struggling [to raise him] on her own, and making the best life for her kid. She read to him, gave him a bath every night and made sure he was in a warm house every night."

Woods’ best friend, Jessica Bauman, said Woods was an incredible person who worked hard to provide for her young son.

“She was the most caring, beautiful, loving, smart person in the world. She was an amazing mother, best friend, sister, daughter – everything. She didn’t deserve this,” said Bauman. "I really miss her."

She said Riley’s survival is nothing short of a miracle, and the boy will serve as a constant reminder of her late friend.

“At least we get part of Lindsey, at all times. We get to help raise him and be there for him,” she said.

The fatal accident remains under investigation, but CHP officials said speed was a major factor.

DeWitt visited the site of the crash Thursday and could't believe his nephew lived through the horrific accident in such rugged terrain.

“I didn’t realize how severe it was until I got here. I would definitely say I am in complete disbelief and there’s only one reason, and that is that God has a plan for [Riley’s] life and I’m going to raise him to be that way – to look to God – because there is a reason why he was spared,” said DeWitt.

Following the crash, Woods, Riley and the other passenger became stuck inside the wreckage. Good Samaritans ran to help the surviving victims. About a half hour later, the man and Riley were safely extricated from the vehicle.

One witness said Riley seemed fine as he awaited his rescue.

"The baby was calm. The baby was healthy," witness Terry Ulmer said. "The baby seemed intact and pretty responsive."

Though Ulmer said he was able to tell the man that the baby boy was okay, he regrets no being able to talk with the child’s mother before she passed to tell her the baby was unscathed.

The city that produced the first skyscraper is again breaking new ground in elevated innovation.

Chicago residents and tourists alike will have a new way to get a fresh perspective on the city this spring when an attraction called TILT debuts at 360 CHICAGO (formerly John Hancock Observatory).

Up to eight people can fit inside the glass and steel moveable platform that slowly tilts outward on an angle, providing downward-facing views of the city from 1,000 feet.

"We believe this is the first in the world," 360 general manager Nichole Williamson said. "The movement in and out of the building is very controlled. We want it to be memorable and thrilling, but we don't want to terrify anybody."

Officials aren't yet sure how long the experience is going to last, possibly from 30-40 seconds.

In a news release announcing the project, Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the project will have a profound affect on tourism, with the ability to "attract thrill seekers from around the world to our city."

TILT will first be unveiled to the more than 500 visitors at the U.S. Travel Association's IPW convention on April 5-9, and to the public afterward.

It will cost $5 to experience TILT, plus the cost of general admission to the observatory.

Costco has recalled 59,780 cases of Kirkland Signature Real Sliced Fruit from shelves after the company behind the product, Oregon Freeze Dry Inc., determined that it could be contaminated with Salmonella.

Customers who could have purchased the sliced fruit were contacted by phone or mail and news of the recall was posted on the Costco website. The remaining Kirkland Signature Real Sliced Fruit has been tested and is safe for consumers, according to Food Safety News. No illnesses related to the sliced fruit have been reported, but Food Safety News warned that it is too early to tell.

Fairfield police have arrested a man who they say bit off his infant son’s nose because he was frustrated with his crying.

The Fairfield Police Department received a call Thursday at 8:04 a.m. from a frantic female who said that her child was bleeding from his nose.

When officers arrived at the apartment on the 1000 block of Alaska Avenue, they found a one-month-old child bleeding from the face, Fairfield police said.

The infant’s 18-year-old father, 17-year-old mother and other family members were present, police said.

The infant was taken to North Bay Medical Center where doctors determined that the infant’s nose had been severed and he had possible head trauma.

The infant was then transferred to Oakland Children’s Hospital, where doctors determined that the infant had suffered a skull fracture and a brain hemorrhage and that one-third of the child’s nose had been severed. The child is currently in stable condition.

According to the criminal investigation, the infant’s father bit the child’s nose off out of frustration from his crying. Police are still investigating how the infant sustained the skull fracture and brain hemorrhage.

Police arrested Joshua Cooper, an 18-year-old Fairfield resident, for child cruelty and aggravated mayhem. Cooper was booked into Solano County Jail.

Anyone with information regarding this crime is asked to call the Fairfield Police Department's Major Crimes Unit at (707) 428-7600, the 24-hour Tip Line at (707) 428-7345 or Crime Stoppers at (707) 644-7867.

A victim of a texting-and-driving crash is involved in a groundbreaking lawsuit that could impact drivers everywhere.

In 2010, a driver who was texting slammed into a Chevy Suburban driven by Los Angeles resident Joseph Schultz’s Chevy Suburban. The Suburban then crashed into a tree near the Ventura (134) Freeway and the Golden State (5) Freeway.

"I was lucky that I was in a two-and-a-half ton truck at the time because if I was not, If I was in a smaller vehicle, I wouldn't be sitting here," Schultz said.

No criminal charges were filed. Schultz filed a negligence suit seeking punitive damages, but a lower court rejected the lawsuit. His lawyers then filed an appeal.

"The court said that texting and driving is just like drinking and driving, but you can't get punitive damages for it," attorney John Kristensen said. "The courts of appeal have already held that you can get punitive damages for drinking and driving."

According to the Department of Transportation, "distracted drivers" were to blame for 3,300 traffic deaths in 2012.

"Whatever you’re doing on your phone, whatever it may be, if it’s texting, a phone call or a Facebook post…it can wait," Schultz said.

Schultz and his attorneys believe that campaigns against texting-and-driving are not enough and that the behavior deserves punishment.

"If it's not our case, it's going to be another case. It's going to happen," Kristensen said.

If Schultz’s appeal is successful and sets a precedent, it could eventually lead to higher insurance rates.

"If more and more people are allowed to sue for punitive damages, than claims payouts would be much higher. This over a period of time would force insurance rates upward," the Insurance Institute of America told NBC4.

San Diego County officials revealed what caused a detainee's death while in a holding cell at the Campo Border Patrol station near San Diego on Christmas Day. 

Steven Brian Keith, 58, of Oakdale, died of methamphetamine toxicity according to the county’s medical examiner.

The U.S. Border Patrol was criticized for Keith’s death by the man’s family and the human rights group Alliance San Diego.

Keith was arrested at the Interstate 8 border checkpoint after agents allegedly discovered drug paraphernalia and trace amounts of methamphetamine inside his vehicle.

San Diego Sector Border Patrol officials said he was arrested for illegal possession of drugs and intent to distribute three pounds of marijuana.

Six hours after Keith was arrested and taken to a holding cell at the Campo Border Patrol station, he was dead.

The Department of Homeland Security Office of Investigator General (OIG) also launched an investigation into the incident.

We now have proof that selfies existed 60 years ago.

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell posted a vintage photo of himself on Facebook to celebrate "Throwback Thursday," also known as #tbt.

"I was doing selfies 60 years before you Facebook folks," Powell wrote. "Eat your heart out Ellen!"

As of Friday morning, Powell's selfie had over 100,000 likes and 25,000 shares. DeGeneres' viral Oscars selfie set a Twitter record with more than 3.3 million retweets.

If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap

— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014

The Boston Beer Company, which produces Samuel Adams, said it was bowing out as sponsor of South Boston’s St. Patrick's Day Parade on Sunday because of the parade’s exclusion of gays.

“We were hopeful an agreement could be reached to allow everyone, regardless of orientation, to participate in this parade,” the company said in a statement on Friday. “However, given the current status of the negotiations, this may not be possible.”

The parade’s organizers, the South Boston Allied War Veterans Council, have excluded gays from the parade for years. MassEquality, a statewide gay rights group, has been lobbying for a group of gay veterans to be allowed to march. Parade organizers said this year that gays could march but not openly, an offer that MassEquality turned down.

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Massachusetts Rep. Stephen Lynch, and other community leaders earlier said they would not march in his year’s parade unless gays could participate too.

“We share these sentiments,” the Boston Beer company said in its statement announcing it had pulled its participation in the parade in the wake of the controversy.

The brewing company said that it still planned to participate in Boston’s traditional St. Patrick’s Day breakfast. State Sen. Linda Dorcena Forryhosted, who is Haitian-American, will host the breakfast. She will become the first non Irish-American host of the event, according to the Boston Globe.

Boston Beer’s decision comes a day after a Boston restaurant, Club Café, yanked Sam Adams from their menu over the issue.

Club Café said in an open letter on its Facebook page that they were "disappointed that Sam Adams does not understand that the organizers of the St. Patrick's Day Parade continue to demonstrate that they do not respect LGBT Irish Americans by excluding LGBT members of this community from openly marching in the St. Patrick's Day Parade."

The restaurant said Friday it would start serving Sam Adams again.

“They have acted responsibly,” Frank Ribaudo of Club Café Boston told NECN. “I don’t think it’s right for any group to be discriminated against by any other group and I say kudos to Boston Beer Company for coming to the realization that their sponsorship of the parade was the wrong thing to do.”

In New York City, activists have also called for gays to be allowed to participate openly in the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Among the prominent local politicians boycotting the parade down Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue is new Mayor Bill de Blasio. He is believed to be the city’s first mayor to have boycotted the event.

One woman aboard the US Airways flight that came crashing down during an aborted liftoff Thursday evening decided to capture as many moments of the frightening ordeal as possible.

Taking to Twitter and Instagram, passenger Hannah Udren posted a frantic video of herself running away from the smoky plane during the evacuation at Philadelphia International Airport. She also posted several photos, including a "selfie," which shows emergency vehicles and the aircraft, nose-down just yards away behind her.

Udren was one of 149 passengers aboard Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-bound US Airways Flight 1702's scheduled departure at 6:25 p.m. on Thursday. 

According to airport officials, the front wheel of the aircraft blew out, causing the front of the plane to crash into the runway.

NBC10 spoke to Udren at Philly International, shortly after the evacuation. She said she just wanted to capture the moment.

“I wanted to show my parents everyone running, and like just what was going on," Udren said.

"Like I’m far enough away, I was one of the first people out of the plane. So, I just took my phone out and I was like OK, I’ll take a video.”

Since the incident, Udren’s video and photos of the crash landing have been a hot topic on social media.

As of Friday morning, Udren’s "plane crash selfie" had been retweeted nearly 4,000 times and favorited nearly 3,000 times. But comments and replies to the posts revealed mixed reactions among the public.

Some replied to the posts offering well wishes.

@han_horan We're glad you're ok.

— Wise Latinas Linked (@wiselatinaslink) March 14, 2014

Others questioned Udren’s decision to take and post the images even while the incident was still unfolding.

It's come to this. First thing you do when you survive a plane crash?? #selfie “@han_horan: so yup pic.twitter.com/emMfvkDVGN”

— James Kiernan (@JamesKiernan) March 14, 2014

Otheres came to her defense:

Oh shut up you guys we'd all do this RT @han_horan so yup pic.twitter.com/9ijk5jg6M7

— Scott Bixby (@scottbix) March 13, 2014

While Udren has received a lot of attention for her photo, she is not the first person to take a selfie during an aircraft emergency.

In January, a professor at Georgetown University tweeted photos during an emergency landing. The professor, Shashi Bellamkonda, tweeted multiple photos while he was still aboard the flight, wearing an oxygen mask, and after the flight made a safe landing at an airport in Wilmington, Del.

Law enforcement officers say they will be out in force over the next five days, cracking down on drunk drivers over the St.Patrick's Day weekend.

Last St. Patrick's Day, Matthew T. Leonardo, 30, of Santee was killed when his car collided with a mini-van on State Route 52.

Four members of the same family were injured in that crash. They recently spoke to college coeds about the dangers of drinking and driving.

• Read: Cunningham Family Teaches Coeds About Cost of Driving Drunk

Now, officers around San Diego County are initiating Operation Green Mile that will bring out more DUI enforcement crews over the weekend and encourage restaurants and bars to stop serving drinks to drink customers.

For those planning on celebrating the holiday, officers have some advice.

• Plan ahead and find a sober driver.
• Make sure that friends aren't driving home if they have been drinking.
• Call 911 if you see a drunk driver on the road.
• SHAMROCK, the largest local celebration, will get sober drivers to take participants anywhere in the county if they visit their booth in the Gaslamp before 12:30 a.m. Read their website for details.

While a woman was in a store shopping, her car caught on fire and sent thick black smoke into the air in Chula Vista Friday.

The car was parked outside the Big Kmart store on H Street before noon.

Another shopper, Michael London, captured the fully-engulfed car on his mobile phone.

The inside of the car was charred and some cars parked nearby were damaged.

Send your breaking news video and images to isee@nbcsandiego.com.
 

A sheet of ice smashed Amanda Hubbard’s car. As upset as she is, the Winsted, Conn. woman said she’s grateful because it could have been much worse.

On Wednesday morning, a huge sheet of ice came off the roof of the building that houses her apartment and landed right on the car she just finished paying off.

Hubbard heard the ice sliding from her roof. By the time she ran to her window, the damage was done -- the roof was crushed. The hood is badly dented, and the ice is still there.

"I kinda freaked out a little bit," she said. "I won't lie."

She’s only had the title since last week.

As Hubbard meets with insurance agents, she said she’s grateful because children live in her building and no one was hurt.

"This could have been my child. This could have been my handicapped sister. This could have been the two children that are upstairs," she said.

She’s also grateful that no one was in the car when the ice came crashing down.

Hubbard said she reached out to NBC Connecticut in the hopes that what happened to her does not happen to someone else.

By sharing her story, she hopes that landlords and homeowners will take precautions before it's too late.

Hubbard is by no means the only person something like this has happened to. There have been several cases of falling ice around the country.

Before the Super Bowl in 2011, a man was badly injured when ice and snow fell from the roof of Cowboys Stadium in Texas.

Just last month, ice fell from a skyscraper in lower Manhattan, causing authorities to shut down a two-mile area. 

In December, also in Texas, heavy sheets of ice fell from roofs and smashed vehicles.

 

When a car struck and killed a man in El Cajon Thursday, the force of the collision shattered both car windows and crumpled the roof of the vehicle.

Residents along Dehesa Road just west of Sycuan Casino called 911 around 7:20 p.m. after they heard a woman screaming in the road. 

When the California Highway Patrol officers arrived, they found a man dead. He was later identified as a 43-year-old El Cajon resident.

Investigators say a woman driving a 1995 Honda Civic struck the victim who was walking in the roadway.

CHP officials say the 73-year-old driver and her 82-year-old male passenger may have been coming from the casino.

The elderly couple who hit the man received bruises to their hands and face.

When an NBC 7 news crew tried to ask them what happened, they didn't want to talk.

At the time of the accident, it was extremely dark with no street lights.

When asked if that could have played a factor the CHP said it was possible but the man was walking in a traveled portion of the roadway.

Investigators have ruled out drugs or alcohol for the driver but say they can't say the same for the victim.

"He again lives in this exact vicinity so what he was exactly doing we're not sure but based on the evidence we suspect he was within the roadway at the time of the collision," CHP Sgt. Jim McNamara said.

Traffic along Dehesa Road was delayed in the area while CHP was investigating.

If you have ever been interested in starting up a small business, it looks like San Diego is the place to do it.

According to Forbes, San Diego is the best place in the country to launch a business in 2014.

The company looked at the 50 most populous cities in the U.S.

Some of the components used to compile the list were business's credit card acceptance rates, online reviews and Facebook pages.

Forbes said San Diego is more likely to offer access to resources that benefit small businesses than those cities that don’t.

Read the full article here.

Denver, Colorado came in second place and Austin, Texas came in third.