How is this for the ultimate 'tragedy striking twice'?

In 2003, a member of the Fresno State equestrian team (Shana Eriksson) died while riding her horse along a campus pasture. The horse apparently got spooked by some cows that charged the fence, throwing Eriksson to the ground where the horse then fell on her, crushing her to death.

And now 3 years later... Eriksson's parents were in Southern California watching their only other daughter (age 17) compete in an equestrian competition. Keep in mind that this is a family that has owned horses for years and even runs a sizable boarding and training stable in Northern California. The parents were on hand to watch the 17-year-old competing in this event when her horse caught a foot on a jump hurdle, threw her to the ground, and this horse too fell on top of her, killing her while they watched!

I just can't imagine. Such a sad story.

Tragedy strikes again as rider's sister dies in fall

Oh God! Thanks for sharing that story FSU. It reminds me of my mom. When she was still w/ us she'd always say that she prayed that she'd go b4 her kids. She said that she'd be able to handle the loss of anyone, but not one of her children...This family must be devastated.

Doesn't beat this one though. It's so comically tragic (or tragically comical).

Little Sophie Delezio suffered horrific burns, lost some of her fingers and both of her feet in 2003 when a 70 year old man suffered a seizure while driving, causing his car to plough into the childcare centre where Sophie was, and burst into flames (the car, not Sophie).

Then, earlier this year, Sophie was being helped in a pushchair across a pedestrian crossing when she was hit by another car, thrown 20 metres by the impact, and spent almost five weeks in hospital recovering from a serious lung injury and fractures to her spine, ribs, jaw and collarbone. The weird thing is the car was being driven by an 81 year old man.

The running tag is that Sophie must have done something pretty bad in her previous incarnation to old men and karma is now repaying her.

What makes it even worse is that the news today is reporting that Sophie now has a life threatening brain injury.

It's so tragic that you can only laugh. I know, my bad.

Edited to add:

Of course, little Sophie is now the pin up girl of every charitable institution, sports star wanting feel good publicity and may even tip the balance in favour of the canonisation of Australia's first Catholic saint.

Further edited to add:

I am so going to hell, but the following passage from the last link posted above just cracked me up (in that hand-over-mouth, oh-god-this-is-so-awful-that-I-can-only-laugh type of crack me up):



Isn't the fact that she survived two horrific car accidents the miracle.

Furthermore, does the punctured lung from the second accident cancel the supposed miracle from the first accident where she did not sustain damage to any internal organs?

I know, my bad again.