As reported by thelocal.it, a 21-year-old American student fell 15 metres to his death during the early hours of Tuesday morning. According to reports, the young man had been sitting on a wall close to the Ponte Sisto on the banks on the Tiber river when he fell. The young man, identified by La Repubblica newspaper as Andrew Cate Carr, a student at John Cabot University, “may have climbed onto the wall while joking around, then tripped and fell,” according to the chief police officer at Trevi police station. Read article
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Bangkokpost.com reports that a female Swedish tourist was found dead in a house in Phuket’s Muang district on Monday, police said. Marianne Aino, 57, was believed to have been dead for at least 10 days before she was discovered. She was found lying on a sofa in the living room wearing a T-shirt and jeans. […]
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Maltastar.com reports that a Dutchman 68, who was injured while driving a motorcycle in May died on Tuesday evening at Mater Dei Hospital. The accident happened on 9th May at around noon in Marsa where reports had come in that a vehicle was up in flames. The accident happened between a Toyota Corsa and a […]
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According to a report from thestar.com.my, the unfavourable weather condition is delaying the rescue mission for two Malaysian Everest climbers, one of whom is critically ill and the other confirmed dead. “The evacuation process is on the way but the weather condition is not favourable to move the young trekker’s body and another person who […]
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Mirror.co.uk reports that a British man has died in a rock climbing accident in Yosemite National Park in the US. Felix Joseph Kiernan, 28, from London, was climbing on the East Buttress of El Capitan, a popular climbing route in Yosemite Valley, when he was struck by a rock at around 2pm (local time) on […]
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NBC News reports that a 19-year-old California man is feared dead after he was caught in river currents and swept over a giant waterfall while swimming in Yosemite National Park over the weekend. Aleh Kalman of Sacramento was swimming in the Merced River during a church retreat just before 3 p.m. Saturday when fast-moving waters […]
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The BBC reports that a patient infected with the novel coronavirus has died in France, according to the health ministry. The virus, which is similar to those which cause SARS and the common cold, emerged last year. Out of 44 confirmed cases around the world, 23 people have now died with most infections linked to […]
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The Washington Post reports that a Spanish climber has died on the world’s seventh highest mountain after falling and surviving for three nights without food or water, his family said Monday. Juanjo Garra, 49, died on Dhaulagiri mountain in the Himalayas after rescue attempts failed to bring him down to an altitude where helicopters could […]
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According to newindianexpress.com, Qatar Airways flight QR031 which took off from Melbourne, Australia at 10.55 pm on Wednesday made an unscheduled landing at the Kochi airport, due to a medical emergency on Wednesday morning. One of the passengers, an Irish man named Raymond McMorrow, 68, who suffered a fatal heart attack, was shifted to Little […]
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The Straits Times reports that a Hong Kong tourist died on Tuesday after a metal archway fell on him at the grounds of the 2013 Audi Fashion Festival last week. According to the Lianhe Wanbao, the incident happened on May 16 at about 9.45am at the Marina Promenade, where the event was held. The 34-year-old […]
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