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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jason Momoa Helps Car Crash Victim
Read the full story on Backfire News Movie star, male model, and Harley Davidson spokesman Jason Momoa recently came to the aid of a car crash victim. The incident in question happened over the weekend in Milwaukee as a minivan hit a curb and almost caught fire. Momoa was in the crowd of people who came to the driver's was in town with his band Oof Tatata for a performance during the Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival when he just happened to be on the scene of the accident. As shown in footage obtained by TMZ, Momoa was surveying the scene of the crash as smoke rose from the crashed minivan. However, other bystanders not only were trying to extinguish the flames but also administering chest compressions to the driver. While the actor looked like he wanted to jump in, police and others already had a handle on the situation. Even though Momoa wasn't able to engage in any heroics at the scene of the crash, it's great he was willing to help. Meanwhile, at the music festival he was recorded engaging in the most pit during Pantera's performance, showing just how hardcore the 45-year-old is. Another video showed Momoa crowd surfing his way back to security so he could go backstage, presumably to get ready for his own set. TMZ reports that law enforcement concluded the crash victim was driving under the influence. Thankfully when he ran into a median and up onto a sidewalk in Milwaukee he didn't take out Momoa or any of the other pedestrians on the scene. The driver was eventually transported to the hospital to receive proper care. It's unclear if the driver was suffering a medical episode induced by the crash or whatever substance he was on at the time. Image via prideofgypsies/Instagram
News.com.au
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Funny old world: the week's offbeat news
From a hero lapdog Lassie to why tennis stars can't stop pinching Wimbledon towels. Your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the world. - Chihuahua to the rescue - A chihuahua saved a hiker who fell eight metres (26 feet) into a glacier crevasse high in the Swiss Alps. The lapdog's "extraordinary" heroics surely saved his master, the Air Zermatt rescue service said, refusing to leave the spot where the man disappeared into the crevasse, leading rescuers straight to him. While the man was able to call for help with a walkie-talkie, rescuers struggled to locate him. "The glacier surface was wide and the hole was barely visible," they said. But then they spotted the tiny shivering Chihuahua perched on a rock, refusing to budge. "Thanks to the dog's behaviour, the crew was able to abseil down to the casualty and save him." - Doggone luxury - In the past, stricken alpinists could count on a sup of warming brandy from a St. Bernard dog. But these days, the gentle giants are more likely to be getting a massage, a manicure or a spot of hydrotherapy at the new Barryland theme park over the mountains at Martigny, where Switzerland's national dog is a major tourist attraction. Helicopters have now taken over their mountain rescue role, allowing the St. Bernards to enjoy their retirement as pampered pensioners or care dogs. - Leaping mad - Life can get a little dull on the flat Friesian polders, which may explain why the Dutch came up with one of the world's maddest sports, "fierljeppen". This involves crossing canals by clambering up a 12-metre (40-foot) pole -- roughly the height of a four-storey building -- so you can land (or be catapulted) to the other side. The uniquely Dutch sport combines pole-vaulting, long jump and, when misjudged, some unplanned swimming in the soup. Farmer and fierljeppen world record holder Jacob de Groot told AFP that the sport may not have caught on elsewhere because "in the rest of the world there are not so many canals and also maybe the people are not so crazy". - Centre Court steal - Polish tennis ace Iga Swiatek powered through the women's singles at Wimbledon, bagging as many of the tournament's trademark towels as she could carry. "No one talks about it, but we love your towels," she admitted after dispatching Russian Polina Kudermetova on Monday. "Every time I come back 10 members of my family want the towels. Sorry Wimbledon, I am not sure if I'm allowed." But the 24-year-old makes sure to keep some for herself. "I have lots at home. If I play on the circuit for another 15 years, I will have to build another room to keep them in," she laughed.
