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An American Airlines plane with 60 passengers and four crew members onboard collided with a military helicopter near Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, plunging into the Potomac River. Washington’s Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said Thursday morning that 28 bodies were recovered from the scene: 27 passengers from the jet and one from the…
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Men of the Oyo State Police Command have detained the principal of Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan, Mr. Abdullahi Fasasi. MEZIESBLOG learned that Fasasi was invited by the police on Wednesday and has been detained since then. Our correspondent reports that the principal’s detention is in connection with the stampede that occurred at the school…
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A woman who died after falling from a moving van has been named as Leah Senior. The 27-year-old from Kirklees died from her injuries following the incident in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, on Wednesday night. She was seen falling from the white Transit van between 8.20pm and 8.40pm, West Yorkshire Police said. Anyone who was in…
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This week, a crash involving a charter bus, a tractor-trailer truck and three other vehicles on a highway in central Ohio killed six people and injured 18 others, state police said. According to Ohio Highway Patrol, the bus, carrying students and adult chaperones from the Tuscarawas Valley school district in eastern Ohio to an education…
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The Nigeria immigration Service on Sunday lost some of its officers along Kano-Zaria Road. The officers, who were on their way back to Abuja from Kano after a Passing-Out-Parade (POP) at the Immigration Training School, were involved in an accident. It was gathered that two persons died after the auto crash. The service confirmed the…
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Members of Shania Twain’s production crew were taken to hospital in Canada after their tour bus crashed. The bus and a truck were travelling from Winnipeg, where Twain performed on Tuesday, to Saskatoon – a drive lasting around nine hours. The two concerts were part of the star’s Queen Of Me tour. Maverick Management told…
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A Ukrainian major has died after he was accidentally blown up by a grenade given to him as a birthday present. Hennady Chastyakov was killed as he showed the gift to his teenage son at home on Monday, officials said. It was initially thought that the 39-year-old had been killed by a booby-trapped gift. But…
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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has called medical practitioners in Nigeria to provide prompt and compassionate treatment to all victims of gunshots and accidents, irrespective of the presence or absence of a police report. The IGP made the call in a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, PRO, Force Head…
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Leeds Bradford Airport is expecting to reopen this morning. The airport closed on Friday after high winds forced a passenger plane to skid off the runway. “We expect to reopen at 10am today, however we will continue to post regular updates as this is subject to change,” the West Yorkshire airport said in a statement…
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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested three yet-to-be-identified suspects as a drunken hunter allegedly shot dead a 14-year-old girl. A resident, James Joel, who spoke with PUNCH Metro on Wednesday, said the incident happened on Tuesday night. Details leading to the unfortunate incident were still sketchy as of press time, but our correspondent learnt that…
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In 1971, 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke was flying over the Peruvian rainforest with her mother when she got sucked out of the airplane after it was struck by a bolt of lightning. Juliane fell two miles to the ground, strapped to her seat. “The plane jumped down and went into a nose-dive. It was pitch black,…
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A 12-year-old boy has died after being hit by a vehicle on the M62 as he tried to cross the motorway, police say. They added they are appealing for information after the vehicle failed to stop at the scene in West Yorkshire. Officers had earlier reports of one car being involved in a crash on the…
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A massive explosion that ripped apart a busy road in South Africa’s biggest city of Johannesburg on Wednesday was caused by a gas leak, an official confirmed on Friday. “The ignition was accidental and the cause was a gas explosion. This is a pure gas explosion,” city of Johannesburg consultant and civil engineer, Johan La…
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A total of 15 people were killed in an accident involving a minibus taxi and a heavy-duty truck in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa on Sunday evening, local media reported on Monday. According to provincial transport department spokesperson, Unathi Binqose, it is alleged that on the N9 road near Middelburg at about 11:00…
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Anger is growing in India, now the world’s most populous nation, renewing calls for authorities to confront safety issues in a railway system that transports more than 13 million passengers every day. India’s extensive rail network is one of the largest in the world and built more than 160 years ago under British colonial rule. Today,…
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Manto Kumar was traveling on the Coromandel Express with six of his friends when his train compartment began to violently shake like an earthquake. “Suddenly something crashed into us. Some of the coaches rolled to the other side,” the 32-year-old restaurant worker told CNN from a hospital in India’s eastern Odisha state. “I got up and wrapped…
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