As reported by Abcnews.go.com, authorities say at least 30 passengers, mostly foreign tourists, were slightly injured when a train derailed in the mountains of northern Thailand. It was the second derailment on the same route in a month. State Railway of Thailand governor Prapas Jongsanguan said the overnight train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai skidded off the tracks early Wednesday in Phrae province. Seven out of 10 carriages flipped onto their sides. Read Article
Comments Off on Tourists injured in Thailand train derailment near Chiang Mai • Permalink
According to xinhuanet.com, at least 10 people have been killed in a bus crash on their way to a religious gathering in southeast Brazil, local media reported on Saturday. The driver of a tourist bus lost control of the vehicle late Friday, as it was carrying 42 church members at the time of the crash […]
Comments Off on Brazil: Ten killed as tourist bus crashes en route to religious site • Read this post »
Globaltimes.cn reports that eight people were killed and 19 others were injured after a tourist bus overturned and plunged into a valley in Yunnan Province on Sunday, local authorities said. Twenty-seven people were aboard the bus when it plummeted into a valley on Mengjing Road in the Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna at 12:40 pm, […]
Comments Off on Tourist bus overturns in southern China killing eight and injuring nineteen • Read this post »
Courant.com repots that a U.S. tourist was gored by a bull on Friday along with two Spaniards as they all took part in a bull-run in Pamplona, where people race through the Spanish town’s cobbled streets pursued by the animals. Authorities did not give details on the 20-year-old American’s condition. One of the Spaniards was […]
Comments Off on Spain: One American and two Spaniards gored in the Running of the Bulls • Read this post »
As reported by Abc.net.au, three European backpackers are recovering in hospital after their camper van rolled near Shark Bay. The vehicle rolled several times just before midday yesterday on the Denham/Hamelin Road, south of the tourist town. Read Article
Comments Off on Australia: 3 European tourists rushed to Denham hospital after car collision near Shark Bay • Read this post »
According to interfax.com.ua, seven people, including one child, have been killed, 22 injured as a result of a collision of a regular bus and a tourist coach with a Bulgarian number plate near the village of Volia-Liubytivska, Kovel district, Volyn region. The accident occurred in the morning of July 11, the injured people were taken […]
Comments Off on Ukraine: Bulgarian tourist bus involved in collision that kills seven • Read this post »
According to Cowichannewsleader.com, a visiting hiker found himself on a slippery slope Monday, quite literally. Cowichan Search and Rescue members were called at 2 p.m. to rescue a climber who’d fallen approximately 20 feet into a deep crevasse at Mount Baldy in Shawnigan Lake. Due to lower-body injuries and challenging terrain, the hiker was transported […]
Comments Off on Shawnigan Lake, Canada: Injured hiker rescued by helicopter from Baldy Mountains • Read this post »
According to dailymail.co.uk, a sightseeing bus has spontaneously combusted in China because of extreme summer temperatures, it is believed. The double decker tourist bus burst into flames in front of the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area, yesterday. It took firefighters around 30 minutes to put out the blaze but there were no […]
Comments Off on China: Extreme heat blamed for fire aboard tourist bus in Shanghai • Read this post »
Al Jazeera reports that at least 12 people are feared to have died after a two-storey hotel collapsed in the southern Indian city of Secunderabad on Monday. “Twelve people were killed and 18 injured when the City Light Hotel collapsed early this morning, the building owner’s son was among those killed.” private TV channel NDTV […]
Comments Off on India: Hotel collapse leaves a dozen dead and more injured and missing • Read this post »
According to thelocal.fr, despite pleas by road authorities and government ministers for drivers to take extra caution, the first weekend of the French summer holidays was marred by several fatalities on the country’s roads. Dozens were also left injured. The first weekend of the summer holidays was hit by tragedy when several people were left […]
Comments Off on Many French travellers killed and injured in first weekend of holiday travel • Read this post »