A man crosses the subway tracks to change the walk, move quietly and calmly, but the metro is about to arrive, finally, the Metro runs at full speed and for a split second the subject manages to escape being hit.
This is just one of many incidents that occur daily in the Valencia Metro. Facilities by spending more than 65 million travelers every year.
Escalators are also a great source of fall, a stumble, or a risky practice can lead to falls ‘monumental’.
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Tourist Boats Collided in Thailand, 42 Injured Thailand: Forty-two passengers were injured and two were missing after two boats carrying Thai and foreign tourists collided in the popular island beach party, police said Sunday. The speedboats were ferrying tourists to the Pha-Ngan island for a “fullmoon” party, a monthly event that attracts thousands of young, […]
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One person was killed and 21 others injured when a bus carrying Swiss tourists crashed near the Turkish resort of Antalya. Switzerland’s Foreign Ministry said one Swiss tourist died and 19 others were injured, two of them seriously. Read article
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HAT YAI, Thailand — Suspected Muslim insurgents staged the most deadly coordinated attacks in years in Thailand’s restive south, killing 14 people and injuring 340 with car bombs that targeted Saturday shoppers and a high-rise hotel frequented by foreign tourists. A first batch of explosives planted inside a parked pickup truck ripped through an area […]
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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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MANILA, Philippines — A small plane lashed by strong wind as it tried to land on a tourist island crashed into a coconut tree on Sunday, killing a Norwegian woman and a Filipino pilot, police said. Two other Norwegian tourists — the husband and son of the woman who was killed — and an Indonesian […]
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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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A tourist bus crashed at the border town of Koh Kong on Tuesday killing two and wounded 44 others including three US nationals. A 22-year-old Russian tourist died immediately at the scene. Read article
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Dhaka, Feb 21 (UNB) – Four people were killed and 20 others injured in road accidents in Narsingdi and Comilla districts on Tuesday. In Narsingdi, three unidentified men died on the spot as a Dhaka-bound bus from Bhairab collided with a truck coming from opposite direction at 6:30pm, leaving 20 others injured, police said. Read […]
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