Creating Leads

1. Lead: A man was killed this morning by crashing into a fire engine responding to an emergency call.   Two fireman aboard the fire truck were hospitalized, there condition still unknown.
Nut Graph: Luckily, the fire was only a false alarm. It is still undetermined who was at fault. The van was destroyed while damage to the truck was estimated at $50,000

2. Recent studies issued in Washington D.C. show that smaller cars show injury claim frequency and repair losses at 30 percent higher than average, while larger cars show 40 to 50 percent better than average claim records.
Nut Graph: This shows there are advantages to driving big cars as opposed to smaller ones. An old four door van is 41 percent less likely than average to be damaged in an accident.

3. An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association says that hot dogs are one of the most   dangerous choking hazards to children under the age of 4. It is estimated every 5 days, someone in the US chokes to death on one.
Nut Graph: A researcher says "It is the perfect size to block a child's airway". Other dangerous foods includes candy, nuts, grapes, apples, carrots, and popcorn.

4. A family grieves over the wrong body at Kristine Belcuore's funeral after the county medical examiner made a mix-up in the bodies.
Nut Graph: The body in the casket was a corpse that has been unclaimed for a month. The discovery happened after the medical examiners noticed the missing body. Recently, the family received an apologetic call from the medical examiner.