Accidents

A French tourist has died while trying to take a selfie at a Thai waterfall, tourist police say. The accident occurred while 33-year-old Bastien Palmier was at Na Mueang 2 waterfall on the tropical island of Koh Samui, renowned for its idyllic white-sand beaches. The French tourist was with a friend, Thomas Mechin, who said …

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An early morning fire in Pennsylvania at a residential building housing a daycare centre killed five children and sent the owner to the hospital, authorities said. The fire was reported in Erie, a northwest lake town, at about 1.15am on Sunday, Chief Guy Santone of the Erie Fire Department said. At least five children were …

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Two British light aircraft collided mid-air after taking off from an airstrip in the southern French Alps on Wednesday, killing two fliers while a third survived the accident, local authorities said. The crash took place at around 12.45pm on Wednesday over the high mountain Maddalena Pass on the Alpine border with Italy. “The victims are two …

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A small twin-engine passenger plane crashed into a hangar during takeoff   in Texas in the United States on Sunday, killing 10 people, officials said. The plane, a twin-engine Beechcraft BE-350 King Air, crashed shortly after take-off at Addison Airport. Federal officials said two crew members and eight passengers were on board the plane, headed to …

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An American woman vacationing in the Bahamas with her family was killed Wednesday after being viciously attacked by three sharks while snorkeling. Jordan Lindsey, 21, and her family were snorkeling near Rose Island, off the coast of Nassau at around 2:00 p.m. when she was attacked by at least three sharks, the Royal Bahamas Police …

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Emirati twin boys, aged two years five months, drowned in the swimming pool of their neighbour at Khuzam area in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah late on Friday.   Brigadier Mohammed Saeed Al Humaidi, director-general of the central operations room, RAK Police, said they were alerted about two missing kids at 10.10pm. “The RAK …

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Around 100 firefighters are battling a huge fire that engulfed a newly built block of flats on Sunday afternoon in east London. Footage shows the building is engulfed by fire from the ground to the sixth floor as 15 fire engines were deployed to tackle the blaze. A Met Police spokesperson said there had been …

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