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Croatia: Car accident kills Romanian driver and injures his Italian passenger

According to the Croatian Times, a Romanian tourist and a Croat driver have both died in a traffic accident in Popovaca central Croatia. The two drivers collided resulting in the deaths of the 71-year-old Romanian citizen and the 31-year-old Croat. The 44-year-old Italian passenger in the Romanian’s car was slightly injured and was offered help at a local hospital. Read article

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Greece: Italian woman dies after being strangled by her scarf while riding a quad bike

According to adnkronos.com, an Italian woman’s body was due to be returned to Italy this week after she was strangled by her sarong in freak accident on a quad bike while vacationing in Greece. Twenty-two-year-old Giulia Grasso was believed to have been wearing the sarong as a scarf as she rode the quad bike on […]

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Swiss climber dies in fall in Kyrgyzstan, two others injured

Akipress.com reports that a tourist from Switzerland fell to death in mountains of Batken region on August 5, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan said. Swiss tourists Mazal Chevallier, Cedric Singele and Mona Klein went to the mountains near the village of Ozgorush, Leilek district. On August 5, they requested […]

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Czech woman murdered in India, boyfriend arrested

According to deccanherald.com, a Czech teenage boy was today arrested for killing his girlfriend in a guest house at Baga beach village in Goa, police said. 19-year-old Paval Neuhasl, was arrested for murdering 24-year-old Narkela Horka, a Czech too, last night, Deputy Superintendent of Police N C Raikar told PTI. Read article

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Switzerland: One American killed and four others injured in hot air balloon crash

According to courant.com, a 55-year-old American man was killed and his wife and daughters were injured on Tuesday in a ballooning accident near the Swiss resort of Gstaad, Swiss police said in a statement. The hot-air balloon in which they were travelling fell about 50 m (164 feet) after hitting power lines as it came […]

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Canadian climber dies after 500 metre fall in Stawamus Chief

Cbc.ca reported that, a woman has died from her injuries after falling from the Stawamus Chief in Squamish, search and rescue officials say. The granite dome, popular with hikers and rock climbers, towers over Howe Sound offering spectacular views from the top. Tragedy struck on Sunday, when the woman fell from an area known as […]

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California: Italian tourist killed in Venice Beach Boardwalk crash

Yahoo.com reported that, as police seek to explain why a 38-year-old transient allegedly plowed a car into a crowded Los Angeles-area boardwalk this weekend, details have emerged on the lone fatality, an Italian tourist who was on her honeymoon. Alice Gruppioni died in the incident, which was caught on surveillance footage, that also left 11 […]

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Bulgarian tourist hit by motorcycle and killed outside London tourist attraction

London24.com reports that a tourist who was hit by a motorbike close to Madame Tussauds has died, police have said. Vladimir Vladimirov, a 50-year-old Bulgarian national, was hit by a motorcycle on Saturday, July 27 at around 6.20pm in Marylebone Road, Westminster. He and his wife and daughter had just visited Madame Tussauds and were […]

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Chinese tourist dies after drowning incident at Shangri-La Hotel

As reported by Straitstimes.com, a 15-year-old tourist from China is said to have died at Tan Tock Seng Hospital last Friday, three days after a drowning incident at a five-star hotel. A report by Chinese evening daily Lianhe Wanbao said the teenager was seen struggling in the swimming pool at Shangri-La Hotel last Wednesday evening. […]

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British woman killed during violent robbery in Bangladesh

According to huffingtonpost.co.uk, a British woman has been killed in Bangladesh in what her family has described as a violent robbery. The Foreign Office confirmed the death of Rehana Begum, in the north-east of the country. The 43-year-old from Stepney, east London, is believed to have been on holiday there with her husband and 12-year-old […]

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