He had just started a new life with his wife but had his future torn away after a horrific chain reaction of events

A man had just bought flowers for his wife and was on his way to a romantic evening when his life was robbed in a cruel 'million-to-one' accident.

In a twist of fate, a driver's blown tyre led to the tragedy that veteran Californian police officers had never experienced. Humberto Hernandez's life was cut short when a flying fire hydrant was sent flying through the air and crashing through fences on an East Bay street.

Motorcycle Officer Eddie Bermudez, who investigated the death, said the tragedy lay in the fact that if Humberto had been within a foot to the left or right of the exact place he was on the pavement, “he would not have gotten hit”, according to the Eas

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