Accidents

Burn victims overwhelm Pakistani hospitals after tanker fire kills 146

Pakistani hospitals on Monday struggled to treat scores of severely burned victims of a fuel tanker explosion that killed at least 146 people, as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif flew back from an overseas trip to visit the injured.

6 years, 5 months ago

Chill bear breaks into family home to play their piano

A black bear broke into a Colorado home and used the opportunity to play the family's piano.

6 years, 6 months ago

'At least 20 dead' after large tree crashes down at Kintampo Waterfalls in Ghana

Up to 20 students have been killed and several others injured after a huge tree fell on people near a popular waterfall in Kintampo, Ghana.

6 years, 8 months ago

Flic-en-Flac: deux personnes portées disparues, deux gardes-côtes blessés

Ce devait être une simple sortie en mer. Mais c’est devenu un drame. Un vacancier qui se trouvait à bord d’un bateau de plaisance et le skipper ont disparu tandis que deux officiers de la National Coast Guard (NCG) qui venaient en aide aux plaisanciers ont été blessés. Le drame s’est joué à Flic-en-Flac ce mercredi 8 mars.

6 years, 9 months ago

Death toll in Taiwan tour bus crash rises to 33

The death toll in the crash of a tour bus returning from a trip to cherry trees in Central Taiwan’s Wuling Farm rose to 33 Tuesday, while another accident involving a bus carrying visitors to/from the same scenic area did not cause any injuries.

6 years, 9 months ago

India, Etah school bus accident: 12 children, driver dead

Twelve school children and the driver of the bus they were travelling in were killed and about two dozen other children injured when their vehicle collided with a sand-laden truck amid dense fog in Etah district’s Aliganj on Thursday morning.

6 years, 10 months ago

30 Firefighters Feared Dead in Tehran High-Rise Collapse

The scene unspooled as if in a horror film: As firefighters fought to control a blaze in one of Tehran’s most prominent high-rise buildings, the structure suddenly collapsed in a smoldering heap of wreckage reminiscent of the scene in New York on Sept. 11, 2001 — all while millions watched on Iranian state television.

6 years, 10 months ago

Pakistan International Airlines flight PK-661 crashes into mountain and explodes

Plane ‘was already on fire’ before it crashed, says witness after plane carrying 48 people including one of the country's best known musicians among the dead crashes into Pakistan mountain, ‘killing all on board’

7 years ago

At least 67 killed in east China scaffolding collapse

At least 67 people were killed when a platform collapsed at a construction site in China's Jiangxi province.

7 years ago

At least 146 dead as rescuers finish India train crash search

At least 146 people died when the Indore-Patna Express came off the rails at 03:00 local time on Sunday (21:30 GMT Saturday), near the city of Kanpur.

7 years ago

Mozambique fuel tanker blast kills dozens

At least 56 people have been killed and 108 injured in a fuel tanker explosion in western Mozambique, officials say.

7 years ago

Croydon tram crash: First victim named as Dane Chinnery

A victim of the Croydon tram crash which left seven people dead and more than 50 injured has been named as 19-year-old Dane Chinnery.

7 years ago

Pakistan Express Train Collision Kills At Least 20 In Karachi

A long-distance train collided into stationary coaches in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Thursday, killing at least 20 people, hospital officials said, in the country's second major rail collision in less than two months.

7 years, 1 month ago

7 hurt as pipeline explosion lights up the sky in Alabama, US

At least seven workers were injured Monday when an explosion occurred along the Colonial Pipeline in rural Alabama, not far from where it burst last month, authorities said.

7 years, 1 month ago

Death toll in Cameroon train crash hits 79

The death toll in last week’s train crash in Cameroon has climbed to 79, state radio said Monday, as the authorities continued to comb through the wreckage.

7 years, 1 month ago