All news on the topic: Accidents

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

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

A boy found dead by a canal in Birmingham shot himself after accidentally killing his friend, an inquest has heard.

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

A boy has died after he was hit by a car on a quiet cul-de-sac.

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

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.

Gogglebox star George Gilbey has died at the age of 40 after a reported tragic workplace accident in Shoebury, near Southend-on-Sea

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

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

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''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Beloved mum-of-14 Angeline Bryan, 47, sustained a fatal head injury when she fell to the floor and hit her head on the concrete while riding a privately-owned e-scooter in Nottingham

Liam Anyon had been staying at his friend's house when the tragic accident happened from his friend's attic window on Galloway Road, Fleetwood on October 24 last year

Meigs County Sheriff's Deputy Robert Leonard was responding to reports of a man and a woman fighting on a bridge in Tennessee at around 10pm last month when he arrested 35-year-old Tabitha Smith