Thrill-seekers got a scare Sunday as they fled half-tonne, sharp-horned fighting bulls charging through Pamplona in the opening run of Spain’s San Fermin festival, as reported by thelocal.es. A first medical report from regional medical authorities showed four people taken to hospital with injuries, none apparently serious: a 24-year-old Australian, a 44-year-old Briton, a 26-year-old American and a 36-year-old resident of Pamplona. Read article
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According to the USA Today, a Russian passenger train has derailed while traveling from Siberia to Sochi, the future Olympic city on the Black Sea, and emergency officials say more than 70 people were injured. Oleg Fedyura of the Emergencies Ministry said the engine and five passenger cars derailed shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday as […]
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According to mirror.co.uk, a second British tourist has been brutally beaten and hit over the head with a bottle at a popular Turkish resort just a week after another Brit was attacked there. The man was left half-naked and bleeding after he was savagely assaulted in the bustling coastal town of Marmaris. Believed to be […]
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Newsoficeland.com reports that a foreign female tourist was seriously injured when she fell off cliffs in Ásbyrgi in North Iceland last night. The cliffs in Ásbyrgi are very high in most places but the woman seems to have only fallen a couple of meters. When first observed, the woman seemed to have broken both her […]
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According to poconorecord.com, a Sciota man escaped serious injury when his plane crashed just outside Braden Airpark in Forks Township Thursday, the Express-Times reported. The pilot escaped with only a finger laceration, authorities said. The plane came to a rest about 4:55 in a field near the Wells Fargo Bank at 1300 Uhler Road. No […]
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According to eturbonews.com, Cuban authorities are reporting a serious highway crash involving a bus carrying foreign tourists. Sixteen passengers are injured, most of them from Europe. State-run newspaper Cinco de Septiembre says the government-operated vehicle ran off the road and turned over last evening. The crash occurred on the route between Trinidad and Varadero, two […]
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According to news.sky.com, a teenager has been mauled by a captive lion after she tried to kiss the animal through the bars at a South African wildlife park. Lauren Fagen, of Montreal, suffered severe flesh wounds when the male lion dragged her feet and legs into the enclosure at Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre. The 18-year-old […]
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According to abs-cbnnews.com, a crocodile bit two fingers off a US tourist’s hand after the man apparently pretended to give food to the predator on a golf course in the Mexican resort of Cancun, authorities said Wednesday. The 50-year-old golfer was in stable condition in a Cancun hospital following Tuesday’s attack, said civil protection chief […]
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Cairns.com.au reports that the holiday of a lifetime for an English backpacker has ended in tragedy as the state’s road toll soars towards 150. The 19-year-old female passenger, described by friends as “outgoing” and “bubbly”, was not wearing a helmet when she was killed in a motorcycle crash at Cape Tribulation about 9.45pm on Tuesday. […]
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According to kctv5.com, a parasailing accident put two Indiana girls in the hospital in Panama City Beach, FL, both are in critical condition. The rope carrying them over the shore broke Monday afternoon and strong winds had them on a beeline toward a high rise condominium. The two were injured when they collided with the […]
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