According to stuff.co.nz, two Argentinian men have had a lucky escape after a truck carrying a container crushed their car. The smash happened about 11.30 on State Highway 6 at Collins Valley, between Rai Valley and Nelson, but just how the truck came to rest on its side, crushing the back of the Argentinians’ car, remains unclear. The men managed to free themselves, but a Blenheim woman had to be cut from another car that was crushed by the unit. Read article
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Irishtimes.com reports that a Dublin man has received a six-year sentence for his role in viciously attacking two American tourists who had tried to stop a city centre robbery. Anthony Clifford (23) of Mourne Road, Drimnagh pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of violent disorder in Temple Bar on April 29th, […]
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Watoday.com reports that police are seeking witnesses to a serious crash on Valley of the Giants Road in Nornalup on Wednesday. A Hyundai Wagon with four people on board, all tourists from Singapore, were travelling south on the road, three kilometres north of the South Coast Highway. The 51-year-old male driver is believed to have […]
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According to NBC News, at least fifty people were killed when a passenger plane crashed in central Russia on Sunday night, officials said. The Boeing 737 from Moscow exploded after a failed attempt to land at the Kazan international airport, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Republic of Tartarstan. Cell phone video […]
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Bangkokpost.com reports that the accident involving the double-decker bus carrying 51 passengers occurred on Road 7, better known as the Pattaya bypass road, rescue officials said. Twelve injured tourists were taken to Samitivej Hospital in Sri Racha, including Gary Pomeransve, 75, the only person hurt in the incident to be named so far. Another 10 […]
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According to newindianexpress.com, as many as 15 passengers were injured when a Puri-bound tourist bus from West Bengal rammed into an iron ore laden truck parked on Brahmani bridge near Gokarneswar temple on NH-5 under Dharmasala police limits on Friday. The injured were rushed to Dharmasala hospital while five out of them were shifted to […]
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Al Jazeera reports that a suspected car bomb attack outside a popular hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Friday evening killed at least six people and left the area covered with blood and burning vehicles, a senior police officer has said. Mogadishu has often been the target of attacks by al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda-aligned group […]
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Nation.com.pk reports that a Bolivian plane carrying 18 people crashed on Sunday while trying to land during bad weather in the north of the Andean country, killing eight passengers and injuring the others on board, the director of a local hospital told Reuters. Heavy rain was falling as the small turboprop plane operated by local […]
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Telegraph.co.uk reports that a club DJ in the party resort of Magaluf on the Spanish island of Majorca has been arrested following a street brawl in which at least two British holidaymakers were stabbed. Nelson Delgado, 25, a Portuguese national who used to live in Britain, was remanded into custody following his arrest over a […]
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AOL Travel UK reports that Alton Towers’ newest roller coaster was forced to close when the wheels on The Smiler became loose and hit riders sat on the front row. Speaking to the Daily Mail, a spokeswoman for the theme park in Staffordshire said it was shut on Saturday afternoon following a “technical issue”. She […]
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