Bangkokpost.com reports that the bus carrying 44 Russian tourists and three Thai nationals overturned on the Muang Sing Historical Park-Krasae Cave road in Sai Yok district, said Pol Lt Mekin Kongsaeng, an investigator at the Sai Yok police station. The three badly injured female passengers were identified as Natalie Lomonasova, 44; Isabella Lomonasova, 12; and Svetlana Zhirkov, 43. All of the injured were taken to Kanchanaburi Memorial Hospital in Muang district. Read article
Comments Off on Thailand: Tour bus crash injures 26 Russian tourists • Permalink
Kiyvpost.com reports that eleven Russian, three Ukrainian and two Belarusian citizens were hurt as a result of a large road accident on the Kerch highway in Crimea, which involved a GAZ 3309 truck, a Daewoo Lanos, a Mazda car and a Mercedes Sprinter minibus. Read article
Comments Off on Russian and Belarussian citizens among the injured in road accident in Ukraine • Read this post »
According to independent.com.mt, two Maltese tourists – a father and son – in western Sicily were involved in an accident which led to the death of two motorcyclists yesterday afternoon, although they were not seriously injured. Elio Barbera, a 30-year-old from Trapani, and 23-year-old Davide Sanna, from the adjacent town of Paceco, died on impact […]
Comments Off on Two Maltese tourists injured in fatal road accident in Sicily • Read this post »
Akipress.com reports that a tourist from Switzerland fell to death in mountains of Batken region on August 5, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan said. Swiss tourists Mazal Chevallier, Cedric Singele and Mona Klein went to the mountains near the village of Ozgorush, Leilek district. On August 5, they requested […]
Comments Off on Swiss climber dies in fall in Kyrgyzstan, two others injured • Read this post »
As reported by En.apocalisselaica.net, unknowns assailants attacked in Zanzibar two young British tourists throwing acid on their face: it was announced by a police spokesman archipelago African Mkadam Khamis, according to which ‘being a “manhunt” to capture the attackers . Khamis has “sought the assistance of the public to identify them.” Read article
Comments Off on Tanzania: British tourists attacked with acid • Read this post »
According to courant.com, a 55-year-old American man was killed and his wife and daughters were injured on Tuesday in a ballooning accident near the Swiss resort of Gstaad, Swiss police said in a statement. The hot-air balloon in which they were travelling fell about 50 m (164 feet) after hitting power lines as it came […]
Comments Off on Switzerland: One American killed and four others injured in hot air balloon crash • Read this post »
Yahoo.com reported that, as police seek to explain why a 38-year-old transient allegedly plowed a car into a crowded Los Angeles-area boardwalk this weekend, details have emerged on the lone fatality, an Italian tourist who was on her honeymoon. Alice Gruppioni died in the incident, which was caught on surveillance footage, that also left 11 […]
Comments Off on California: Italian tourist killed in Venice Beach Boardwalk crash • Read this post »
According to thenews.pk, one person was killed and eight others missing after a boat carrying 30 people — reportedly including two foreigners — capsized off southern Vietnam, an official said Saturday. The accident happened late Friday about two nautical miles offshore from the country’s southern business hub Ho Chi Minh City, a rescue official told […]
Comments Off on Two foreigners among the injured as boat capsizes off southern Vietnam • Read this post »
According to channelnewsasia.com, eleven people, including two Singaporeans, were involved in a bus accident along Malaysia’s North-South Highway on Wednesday. The bus operator, Grassland Express and Tours, said four people sustained injuries. They have been transferred to Singapore General Hospital for treatment. Read article
Comments Off on Two tourists from Singapore injured in bus accident in Malaysia • Read this post »
According to Yahoo News India, a private luxury tourist bus fell into the Bhakra canal in Punjab’s Fatehgarh Sahib district Wednesday morning, police said. Police officials said casualties were feared, but no precise figures were available. It is not known how many passengers were in the bus at the time of the accident. The accident […]
Comments Off on Tourist bus crashes into canal in northern India, causing unknown number of casualties • Read this post »