NBC News reports that at least one passenger is dead and 44 others have been sent to local hospitals after a Pennsylvania bus crashed with a tractor trailer, NBC News affiliate WBRE reported. Fifty people were on the Greyhound bus that crashed at about 1:40 a.m. local time, according to the station, as it traveled from New York City to Cleveland, Ohio. A woman was killed the crash, and four others are listed in critical condition. Forty-five of the 50 people aboard the bus, including the driver, were taken to five hospitals, Greyhound spokeswoman Alexandra Pedrini said. The bus driver, who was not identified, has been with the company for more than 12 years, she said. Read article
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According to indiatimes.com, two Indian tourists have been allegedly robbed in Thailand’s tourist town of Pattaya and police here are looking for three suspects, including a woman. Karthikeyan Krishnan, 36, turned up at Pattaya police station yesterday with cuts and bruises, asking police to locate his friend, Khader Basha, 40, Bangkok Post reported today. Read […]
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Al Jazeera reports that at least nine people have been killed after a small passenger plane with 27 people on board crashed shortly after take-off in Nigeria’s most populous city Lagos. The Associated Airlines plane was headed for Akure, a southwestern town about 225km away, with seven crew and 20 passengers, Aviation Ministry spokesman Joe […]
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NBC News reports that frantic members flocked to a North Carolina church Wednesday to learn whether their friends and relatives were among eight people killed and 14 others injured when a bus carrying elderly congregants overturned in eastern Tennessee. Eight of the injured — all of them described as senior citizens — were in critical […]
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According to tengrinews.kz, four citizens of Poland have been injured in a car accident in Almaty oblast, Tengrinews reports citing the regional Interior Department. Toyota Land Cruiser Prado flipped over at kilometer 104 of Uzynagash-Akterek road. The car was driven by a 37-y.o. female Polish national who lost control over the car. There were three […]
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Pakistantoday reports that at least two foreigners were killed while four injured when a jeep plunged into a deep ravine on Karakoram Highway near Gulmit on Monday. According to police sources, a Gilgit-bound jeep carrying tourists fell into a deep ravine after the driver lost control owing to a burst tyre. As a result, two […]
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Thisisdevon.co.uk reports that thirty people – including children as young as six – were rescued after a blaze tore through an amphibious tourist boat opposite the Houses of Parliament. Flames ripped through the London Duck Tours vessel on a stretch of the River Thames close to Lambeth Bridge. Many of those on board leapt into […]
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Dailystar.co.lb reports that at least seventeen Lebanese including a number of children drowned on their way to Australia in a boat accident off the coast of Indonesia, a local official said Friday. “I only have confirmation that 17 people have died on the boat,” Ali Hussein, mukhtar of the northern village of Qabeet, where most […]
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According to eturbonews.com, four Chinese tourists and a Thai guide were injured when two speedboats crashed at a popular holiday atoll off the coast of Phuket yesterday. Details remain sketchy but at least one tourist and the guide have been admitted to a hospital on Phuket. Tourists from other countries were on board. The crash […]
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NBC News reports that gunmen stormed a crowded shopping mall frequented by Westerners on Saturday in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi in an apparent terror attack. A witness said that gunmen armed with AK-47s and grenades told Muslims to stand up and leave and that non-Muslims would be targeted, according to The Associated Press. A […]
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