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Cruise ship passenger dies after falling from ship’s balcony

According to click2houston.com, during a seven-day Caribbean cruise aboard the Carnival Magic, 39-year-old, Chris Carter, accidentally fell from his cabin balcony and landed on an open deck area three decks below. Tragically, the guest died on Tuesday morning. According to witnesses who were on the balcony with him at the time, the guest was sitting on the balcony railing and accidentally fell. Read article

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Tourist falls to his death posing for a photo in Switzerland

According to thelocal.ch, a souvenir snapshot cost a 49-year-old Dutchman his life near the village of Sedrun in the Swiss canton of Graubünden on Tuesday. The man was with two other friends posing for a photo when he slipped and fell down a 10-metre high waterfall, Graubünden cantonal police said on Wednesday. He and his […]

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Maltese student killed in traffic accident in Belize

The Times of Malta reports that Angie Bugeja, a Maltese restoration student, 23, has been killed in a traffic accident in Belize. The accident happened yesterday at Mile 60 near the Busman Arnold Bridge on the George Price Highway. Three other persons died and two are in hospital. They were travelling in a Toyota car […]

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Greece: Russian tourist found dead in hotel room on Crete

According to ekathimerini.com, a coroner was on Tuesday examining the remains of a 23-year-old woman who was found dead in her hotel room in the resort of Aghia Pelagia in Iraklio, Crete, earlier in the day. The unnamed woman, who was reported to be Russian, is believed to have died of natural causes after foul […]

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Croatia: Polish tourist killed after falling onto roadway and being struck by a car

According to croatiantimes.com, a tourist from Poland has died in Trogir, southern Croatia. According to police reports, the 36-year-old tourist fell off a wall and ended up on the road. A car which was approaching at that very moment hit him. The man died of his injuries instantly. Read article

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Bulgaria: Dutch teen dies after fall from hotel balcony

According to focus-fen.net, an 18-year-old Dutch tourists died after falling from the balcony of a hotel in the Bulgarian Sunny Beach seaside resort, the press office of the District Interior Ministry Directorate-Burgas announced. The signal about the incident was filed at around 1:15 a.m. on Sunday. The victim had fallen from the fourth floor of […]

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British climber dies after a fall in the Austrian Alps

The Guardian reports that a British climber has died after plummeting 200 metres down a steep slope in the Austrian Alps, local police said. The 42-year-old man was accompanied by a friend when he lost his balance on rocky terrain in the western province of Tyrol on Saturday afternoon. Police described the pair as “inexperienced […]

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Japanese tourist dies after sustaining a fall in a Utah park

According to sltrib.com, a Japanese tourist died Thursday in Moab after sustaining a fall in Arches National Park. According to the Grand County Sheriff’s Office, 78-year-old Tsuneo Ohashi fell hundreds of feet into a bowl area near Delicate Arch. The incident was reported at 7:41 p.m. and Ohashi was flown via helicopter to Moab Regional […]

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Montana: Washington state hiker dies after falling from trail at Glacier National Park

As reported by Startribune.com, a Washington state man who was hiking alone on a closed trail in Glacier National Park has died after ran apparent fall. Park spokeswoman Denise Germann says the 64-year-old man likely slipped on snow still covering the Highline Trail, about a mile west of Logan Pass. The trail has not opened […]

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Argentine woman dies snorkeling in Florida

According to nbcmiami.com, an elderly woman from Argentina died while snorkeling off of Key Largo over the weekend, authorities said. Maria Aviani, 73, was seen swimming around in the water before she was found floating, barely breathing on Saturday afternoon. She had been on the commercial dive boat called the Dolphin, out of Pennekamp State […]

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