Weird news

OK, two strange items in the news this week. And, despite knowing that I should be more respectful toward the recently deceased, the jokes I am thinking in my mind are hilarious.

Miss Deaf Texas killed by train
AUSTIN - The reigning Miss Deaf Texas died Monday afternoon after being struck by a train, officials said.

Tara Rose McAvoy, 18, was walking near railroad tracks when she was struck by a Union Pacific train, authorities said. A witness told Austin television station KTBC the train sounded its horn right up until the accident occurred.

Former game show host Peter Tomarken killed in plane crash
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Peter Tomarken was known as host of the hit 1980s game show "Press Your Luck," in which contestants often shouted the slogan "big bucks, no whammies."

He left the world Monday as a humanitarian trying to provide a free flight for someone in need of medical help. Tomarken, 63, and wife Kathleen Abigail Tomarken, 41, were killed when their small plane crashed in Santa Monica Bay shortly after takeoff on a charity flight, authorities said.

Oh, the irony! The humor! The "Press Your Luck" guy had the worst luck -- the Whammies got him! A deaf girl, an ambassador for the hard of hearing, killed when a train careened toward her, its horn blaring.

Weird news, indeed.

-- Wenatchee, Wash.