A Southern California family has been robbed during their first day of vacation in South Florida.
The family said burglars broke into their rental car outside of Versailles restaurant in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood. The thieves stole all of their luggage, leaving the tourists with only the clothes on their backs. Read Article
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Three tourists and a hansom cab driver were hurt when a taxi struck their carriage at the edge of Central Park, police said Tuesday.The accident occurred just before midnight Monday when the yellow cab rear-ended the buggy in front of the posh hotels along Central Park South. Read Article
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Robert Howard, 48, his wife Ana-Maria Dias, 50, and their daughters Samantha, 12, and Veronica, 9, perished on a winding section of the mountain highway north of Radium Hot Springs, B.C. Police said an unloaded flat-deck tractor-trailer crossed the centre line of the highway, which was wet, slammed into the family’s 1972 Dodge camper van, […]
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An off-duty detective with the New York City Police Department was shot outside his hotel while on vacation in South Florida, and those responsible for the shooting are still at large. The shooting occurred at a hotel near 12th Street and Collins Avenue at around 7 a.m., Saturday. According to police, the NYPD detective was […]
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Last Friday a French tourist who was intoxicated has died after attempting to surf down an escalator near Caesar’s Palace, according to lvrj.com. The victim suffered severe head injuries. Francois Desaleonterras, 40, from Versailles, died about 10 a.m. Monday at University Medical Center. Read Article
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Kipu Falls, a popular “off the beaten path” waterfall and swimming hole in Hawaii, has earned a reputation as more deadly than fun. Five visitors have drowned at Kipu Falls in the past five years, including two since December. Read Article
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RCMP are investigating after a 22-year-old tourist from Denmark was shot while camping near North Battleford. Police say the woman was among five people camping at a rural farm near the community of Whitkow, about 40 kilometres northeast of the Battlefords, on Sunday. Read Article
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