Tag: Accidents
UN urges Yemen’s Houthis to allow examination of oil tanker
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council called on Yemen’s Houthi rebels to quickly allow U.N. experts to examine an oil tanker moored off...
Huge blast at Serbia munitions factory forces evacuation
A series of explosions early on Friday rocked a military factory in central Serbia, forcing evacuation of workers and nearby residents and causing panic,...
Pickup crashes into Phoenix bus stop; 1 killed, 1 injured
Phoenix — A pickup driven by a teenage boy who lost control of the vehicle crashed into a bus stop, killing one man and...
3,000 eggs abandoned after drone scares birds in California
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Some 3,000 elegant tern eggs were abandoned at a Southern California nesting island after a drone crashed and scared off...
Report: Plane in fatal crash had part installed upside down
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — A small private plane that crashed in South Carolina last month, killing the pilot, had a key part installed upside...
2 San Diego police officers among 3 killed in head-on crash
SAN DIEGO — Two San Diego police officers were among three people killed Friday after their car was struck by a driver going the...
Police officer, teen drown during rescue attempt at pond
WORCESTER, Mass. — A Massachusetts police officer drowned Friday while attempting to rescue a teenage boy, who also drowned at the pond.
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Utah man sentenced to 30 years in death of wife on cruise
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Utah man was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison in the beating death of his wife on an Alaska...
Medics evaluate 15 after lightning strike at suburban cabin
TRAFALGAR, Ind. — Medics evaluated about 15 children and took two to a hospital as a precaution Thursday after lightning struck a south suburban...
US agency: Fatal tour bus crash shows safety shortcomings
SALT LAKE CITY — More than a dozen people were thrown out of a tour bus that crashed and rolled on a remote Utah...
