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Detroit RMT 2nd Victim Dies From Ford Blast
A second person died from injuries suffered in a blast at a Ford Motor Co power station four days earlier. Cody Boatwright, 51, died at UM Medical Center. seven others remained in critical condition. A state inspector cited a gas buildup in a boiler as the cause. A separate report notes Governor Huckabee commuting death row inmate Bobby Fretwell’s sentence to life without parole after a juror urged mercy. Keating signed $29 million oil relief for Oklahoma, lowering oil taxes as prices slump.
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Ford Motor Co
Cody Boatwright
University of Michigan Medical Center
Carol Craig
Craig
Ohio
Detroit
Donald Harper
Mike Huckabee
Huckabee
Bobby Ray Fretwell
Gene Stinnett
Fretwell
State Parole Board
Stinnett
Frank Keating
Oklahoma