According to CNN, a lightning strike killed three people on a beach in Argentina Thursday and injured 22 others, state media reported. “We were hiding in a tent to take shelter from the storm when we felt an explosion, and then I saw my friend thrown to the ground,” Rafael Viñuela told the state-run Telam news agency. He ran to find a doctor after seeing that his friend’s arm was burned. “When they arrived, they told us that he had died,” he told Telam. The state news agency reported that another victim, a 17-year-old, was playing soccer on the beach when the lightning hit, killing him and injuring several members of his family. Read article
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According to ria.ru, a Russian woman on holiday in Egypt has died from suspected excessive drinking, the Russian consulate in Cairo said Friday. The young woman, who has not been named, was on vacation in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Her body was found on January 1 at a five-star hotel where she had […]
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A tourist of Japanese nationality died midday on Tuesday after suffering a heart attack. The Japanese visitor, identified as Ho Huwgkic (74) had arrived in the alternate international airport of Pisco, on a commercial flight from Santiago de Chile. As you might know, abroad arrived in the Peru with his wife and their three children […]
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PHUKETGAZETTE.NET: A German man collapsed and died in knee-deep water only meters from the shore at Patong Beach just before sunset yesterday. Patong Police officers were called to the scene, in front the police box at the end of Soi Bangla (map here), at 6pm. “When we arrived, lifeguards were administering CPR [cardiopulmonary resuscitation]. They […]
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According to the Dayton Daily News, a Brookville graduate and Marine died this weekend while skydiving in Australia during a trip his wife won on The Ellen Degeneres Show. Brandon McGraw, 33, a 2000 Brookville High School graduate, died in Euroa Austrailia Saturday while skydiving with his wife, Sherilyn McGraw, according to reports. McGraw had […]
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dailymail.co.uk reported that Puerto Rico police say a 30-year-old tourist from Minnesota has died while snorkeling off the island’s north coast. Police identified the victim as Matt Elmore and said he was snorkeling with several other people who were rescued. Authorities said the group had been snorkeling about a mile off Cerro Gordo beach in […]
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NBC News reports that a Delta Airlines flight from Seattle to Atlanta was rerouted to Spokane International Airport in Washington state shortly after takeoff on Saturday due to a medical emergency that left a 16-year-old male passenger dead, officials said. Spokane International officials stated that the teenager “regretfully died” shortly after Delta Flight 128 took […]
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A 46-year-old American citizen and tourist was discovered dead in his Cusco hotel room on Monday morning. Andina news agency reports that William Thomas Hunt, 46, retired to his room at the Eco Inn hotel in Cusco after going on a city tour. Sources told Andina that Hunt had complained of feeling poorly after the […]
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rpp.com.pe reported an American tourist was found dead inside his room at the Hotel Casa Andina, located in the portal Espinar province of Cusco. The foreign citizen was identified as Christine Franque Mart, who had come to the Imperial City in order to participate in an international event on textiles. The information was confirmed by […]
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The Guardian reports that rescue crews have been scouring an area south-east of Miami after a pilot reported to the Federal Aviation Administration that a passenger fell out of his small plane into the ocean. FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the call came at 1.30pm (6.30pm GMT) on Thursday from the pilot of a Piper […]
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