Yahoo News New Zealand a Korean tourist who went outside from his hotel to go stargazing is dead after being struck by a car near Queenstown. Daegeun Yun, a 50-year-old mechanic who was on a Korean guided tour, died when he was struck by a car on Arthur’s Point Road about 10.15pm. Senior Constable Chris Blackford says Mr Yun told his wife just before he walked out of his room that he was going look at the stars. Read article
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According to news24.com, robbers have shot dead a Swiss tourist near a popular resort town in southern Kenya, police said Saturday. The exact circumstances of his death on Friday were not immediately clear but the Swiss national was killed when criminals opened fire after robbing a shop near Diani, a beach town on the Indian […]
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According to CNN, a British tourist in the United States for his 41st wedding anniversary was killed in the crash of a vintage World War II-era plane in the waters off of Galveston, Texas, authorities said Thursday. John Stephen Busby, 66, was visiting the area with his wife, police said. The pilot, identified as Keith […]
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According to The Local France, a cyclist was killed in a freak accident in France on Monday when a bull, bred for fighting, managed to escape from its enclosure and charged at the tourist as he rode past, goring him in his chest. The 54-year-old German cyclist was riding his bike with his 47-year-old wife […]
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According to nst.com.my, a 35-year-old Arab tourist was killed in a parasailing accident in Batu Ferringhi here on Wednesday evening. In the 5.30pm incident, Aldakhi- lallah Eman Mohamed from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, plunged into the sea as her jacket, which was fastened to the parasailing rope, was not worn properly. A police spokesman said Aldakhilallah […]
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Al Jazeera reports that a Russian tourist has been killed and 32 others injured after a bus overturned on its way to an elephant village in western Thailand, police said. Police Col Bandit Muangsukham says that 41 Russian passengers, along with a Thai guide and a driver, were traveling on the bus to Sai Yok […]
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The Washington Post reports that a Hungarian wingsuit flier died following an accident during a jump into a gorge in central China, reports said Wednesday. The body of Victor Kovats was recovered Wednesday from the steep, forested valley floor at Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park in Hunan province, state broadcaster CCTV said. It said more […]
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NBC News reports that at least one passenger is dead and 44 others have been sent to local hospitals after a Pennsylvania bus crashed with a tractor trailer, NBC News affiliate WBRE reported. Fifty people were on the Greyhound bus that crashed at about 1:40 a.m. local time, according to the station, as it traveled […]
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Bangkokpost.com reports that an Indian tourist celebrating her wedding anniversary has been killed in a parasailing accident in Pattaya, police said Thursday. Shilpi Agarwal, 36, and her husband had hired a speedboat to parasail Wednesday near Pattaya’s beach but the parasail failed to launch, said Pol Col Suwan Cheawnavinthavat. The woman plunged into the water […]
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Chinadaily.com.cn reports that a Chinese tourist and a pilot have been confirmed dead in an ultralight aircraft crash in Pokhara, in western Nepal, Thursday morning. According to local police, the two-seater aircraft belonging to Avia Club Pokhara crashed near Shanti Stupa, a famous tourist attraction of the city, at 9:30 am. Prabin Gauchan of Avia […]
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