Tag: Accidents
Search ends for Filipino crew member lost off German coast
BERLIN — Rescuers have ended their search for a 24-year-old Filipino crew member who fell from a cargo ship off the German coast during...
3 years’ probation issued in Puerto Rico cruise ship death
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A grandfather who pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the fall of his young granddaughter from an 11th-story window...
Millie Hughes-Fulford, trailblazing astronaut, dies at 75
SAN FRANCISCO — Millie Hughes-Fulford, a trailblazing astronaut and scientist who became the first female payload specialist to fly in space for NASA, died...
Nursing home protections limit families who want to sue
In her room at a Georgia nursing home, Bessie Burden was so concerned about the coronavirus that she wore a mask — sometimes two...
Survivor of bus-train crash killed in shootout with deputies
ODESSA, Texas — Authorities have released the name of a West Texas man who was killed in a shootout with sheriff's deputies late last...
F1 driver Alonso recovering after cycling accident
ENSTONE, England — Formula One driver Fernando Alonso is recovering from a cycling accident in Switzerland, his team Alpine F1 said Thursday.
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AP Was There: Earnhardt killed in 2001 Daytona 500 crash
The death of Dale Earnhardt from a crash during the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500 is considered the darkest day in the...
US Coast Guard searching for 6 boaters off the Florida coast
FORT PIERCE, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard continued its search for six people Saturday, three days after their boat apparently capsized off Florida's...
Mercedes recalls vehicles for emergency-call location error
NEW YORK — Mercedes-Benz is recalling more than 1.3 million vehicles because the software in their emergency-call systems could send responders to the wrong...
Wrong-way crash kills 3 people on Indianapolis freeway
INDIANAPOLIS — Three people have died after a motorist driving in the wrong direction on an Indianapolis freeway struck another vehicle head-on.
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