PETALING JAYA: A bus carrying 22 Indian nationals went out of control and overturned as it was coming down from Genting Highlands, killing two and injuring more than a dozen passengers. The victims Rajindra Kumar Agarwal, 67, a man, and Anita Aggarwal, 59, a woman died on the spot. Read article
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As a follow-up to my posting yesterday (February 28) concerning the Russian tourist, 23, who was killed and others seriously injured because of excessive speed and a blown-out tire, had a history of accidents involving fatalities in the past. The accident occurred late Tuesday evening while the bus was traveling between the coastal resort town […]
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PESHAWAR – An unidentified gunman shot to death a Chinese tourist and her local guide in the crowded Jehangirpura locality of the city, officials said February 28. The senior superintendent of police Investigation Umar Riaz told Central Asia Online that the Chinese woman, Huwa Jiang and a local guide, Suleman, were killed on the spot. […]
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A German tourist was killed and four Egyptian policemen injured in a road accident in Hurghada governorate on Tuesday. The tourist’s car crashed with a police vehicle in southern Hurghada, said the official news agency MENA. Read article
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Police say a pedestrian killed in central Victoria was a tourist from England. The 21-year-old man died when he was hit by a car at Moliagul, west of Bendigo, about 4:00pm (AEDT) yesterday. Read article
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Philip Coppeard, 41, from Newmarket, Suffolk, had emigrated with his wife Suzanne to start a new life in New Zealand just three months before the deadly quake on February 22 last year. The chartered accountant boarded Red Bus number 702 to attend the second day of a master’s degree course in economics at Canterbury University. […]
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California: Death Penalty will not be sought after for the fatal shooting of a German Tourist Prosecutors said Thursday they will not seek the death penalty against six people charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a German tourist near San Francisco’s Union Square last year. A total of seven suspects were arrested last […]
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A French tourist was killed and a German and two Egyptians were wounded on Saturday during a hold-up at a money exchange bureau in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, Egyptian officials said. Two police officials said the 42-year-old man died immediately from gunshot wounds to the stomach and thigh. Read Article
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A 17-year-old Sandy girl was found dead after a snowboarding accident at Skibowl Friday night. Taylur Dewolf was reported missing at around 10:30 p.m. Friday, according to Sgt. James Rhodes of the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. Her family and friends said they had last seen her three hours earlier. Read Article
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A British tourist has been killed by a swarm of bees while on holiday in Africa. Mick Bryan, 61, and his wife Jacqueline, 43, were on a trip exploring Tanzania, and had just celebrated her birthday when the attack took place. Read Article
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