All news on the topic: Accidents

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British teen fighting for life after crash on Albania trip for sister’s birthday
A British teenager is in a serious condition in hospital after a car crash in Albania.
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Mother who died in tower block tragedy reportedly fell from window while smoking
A heavily pregnant mum who fell 90ft to her death from a tower block in Leeds may have been the victim of a tragic accident.
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Dozens injured after truck crashes into bus stop in Tel Aviv, while 22 killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza
Dozens of people were wounded after a truck rammed into a bus stop in Tel Aviv on Sunday.
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A 2-year-old boy was killed in a tragic fireplace accident while dancing, after his mother left him and his siblings home alone
A two-year-old boy has died in a freak fireplace accident whilst playing with his sister at their home in Wigan, Manchster - leaving the community in shock and mourning
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Plane goes down while flying over the city
A plane carrying 62 people has crashed in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, local media reported.
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Pilot dies as aeroplane makes horror crash landing on busy motorway in ’indescribable’ tragedy
A pilot has been killed in the Netherlands in a "tragic accident", as the flight school confirmed the aeroplane crashed onto a busy motorway, sparking a huge fireball
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TV chef Naomi Pomeroy dies at 49 in tragic boating accident
Top Chef Masters star Naomi Pomeroy has died at the age of 49.
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An inquest has revealed that a boy took his own life after accidentally shooting his best friend
A boy found dead by a canal in Birmingham shot himself after accidentally killing his friend, an inquest has heard.
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’Immortal British tourist’ needed Tenerife emergency help after jumping into perilous sea cave
A witness said the man was part of a large group of tourists who were jumping into the water from the rocks and filming it. The accident saw one of the men being stretchered off the beach
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Pediatrician tragically falls to his death after accidentally tumbling from the door of a moving caravan
One of Long Island’s top doctors, Dr. Monika Woroniecka, tragically lost her life when she was flung out of a trailer that her husband was driving on a road trip
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Bus carrying Easter worshipers plunges off bridge killing 45 people in South Africa
Dozens of worshipers died after a bus headed to an Easter conference crashed in South Africa’s Limpopo province on Thursday, the latest tragedy in a country where recent road accidents have led to multiple casualties.
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Tragic scene where Gogglebox’s George Gilbey, 40, fell to his death in workplace accident
Gogglebox star George Gilbey has died at the age of 40 after a reported tragic workplace accident in Shoebury, near Southend-on-Sea
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Brit woman left fighting for life after falling into ravine mouths ’I love you’ to boyfriend
Olivia Corbiere, 23, who was left fighting for her life after a horror skiing accident in Bulgaria where she fell around 15ft into a ravine, has come out of her coma and is making progress
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Two teenage boys killed while riding pillion in e-bike crash with four cars
Two boys, aged 16 and 17, riding pillion on a bike, have been killed in a crash in Moray with four cars while a 14 year old and a man, 54, are in hospital with serious injuries
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Brother of girl who died after trapped in sand 'will always be different'
The nine-year-old boy escaped the collapsing sand hole as his sister reached for his hand in her final moments, the parents describe the pair as ''built-in best friends''
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Mystery as student unconscious for 23 minutes suffers horror injuries in dorm
Asbury University student Isabella Willingham was found unresponsive in her dorm room after Thanksgiving on November 27 - and months after the incident, it is unclear what happened
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Police officer killed in engagement party accident was about to become dad
Liam Trimmer had moved from the UK to start a new life in Australia - but died in a tragic accident at his engagement party in the port city of Fremantle on Sunday
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Three kids, 3 to 5, killed in fireball school bus crash that killed both drivers
Three kids aged 3 to 5 were killed in a fiery explosion that resulted from a school bus and lorry crashing into each other on US Route 24 in Rushville, Illinois, that also killed both drivers
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Lanzarote horror as car mounts pavement in tourist resort and kills baby
The victims are being described locally as British tourists visiting Playa Blanca in Lanzarote, though there is yet to be an official police statement to confirm the tragedy
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Tragedy as Brit, 29, dies in freak accident during engagement party
Desperate friends and family dashed to try to save Liam Trimmer after his accident at the engagement party, but he was declared dead before emergency services could arrive
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Medics remove harpoon embedded in fisherman's head after drunken row
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES - Sujit Klingtalay, 45, had a row with one of his friends last week before his pal allegedly grabbed a harpoon and aimed it at the fisherman's head
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Baby horrifically burned at daycare after scalding water spills from milk warmer
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Addison Starnes of Concord, North Carolina, requires two operations to restore her damaged skin after a bottle warmer fell on top of her while she was at daycare, causing serious third-degree burns on 20% of her body
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Couple hit by car and rushed to hospital but police fined them for crossing road
A New Jersey couple hit by a car while crossing the road were rushed to hospital after reportedly suffering serious injuries — only to later get slapped with a fine for jaywalking
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Daughter of ‘Mr Titanic’ killed in Titan sub says wreck dives must continue
Sidonie Nargeolet, daughter of Titanic explorer Paul Henri-Nargeolet - who was killed when the Titan submersible he was in imploded - believes dives to the wreck should continue