AUSTIN, Texas—Eleven people were injured in a “major collision” Friday night in Austin, Texas, involving pedestrians and two vehicles, one of which hit a food truck, authorities said. Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services said on Twitter that two of the victims sustained potential life-threatening injuries. Seven others sustained non-life-threatening injuries requiring medical evaluation. The other…
19-Year-Old Dies in Tasmania Cliff Fall
A 19-year-old man has died after falling from a cliff at Cape Deslacs near Clifton Beach in Tasmania. Emergency services were called to the scene about 3.20pm on Saturday following reports a man had fallen from a nearby cliff while bushwalking. The Tasmania Police Westpac Rescue Helicopter winched the man from the bottom of the cliff. He died while receiving…
Coal Mine Accident in Serbia Kills 8 Miners, Injures 18
CITLUK, Serbia—An accident Friday in a coal mine in central Serbia killed eight miners and wounded 18 others, authorities said, adding that the workers apparently suffocated from too much methane gas. The accident in the Soko coal mine, located 200 kilometers (125 miles) southeast of Belgrade, the capital, occurred shortly after 4 a.m. Officials said…
TSB Canada to Release Final Report Into Train Derailment in BC That Left Three Dead
An investigation report into a fatal train derailment near the boundary between British Columbia and Alberta is to be released by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada on Thursday. The derailment in February 2019 caused 99 grain cars and two locomotives to plummet off a bridge near Field, B.C., killing three rail company employees. Conductor…
‘Absolutely Tragic’: Three Children, Two Adults Dead After Brampton, Ont, House Fire
Three children and two adults died in an early-morning house fire in Brampton, Ont. on Monday, as firefighters risked their lives to battle the flames, a fire chief said. Brampton Fire Chief Bill Boyes said local fire crews were met with heavy smoke and flames when they arrived on the scene of the fire at…
Online Video Shows Girl Fatally Shooting Cousin and Herself
ST. LOUIS—Two young cousins were livestreaming from a St. Louis apartment when one child fatally shot the other before killing herself in what family members say was a tragic accident. Police are still investigating Friday’s incident in which a 12-year-old girl, Paris Harvey, shot a 14-year-old boy, Kuaron Harvey, before shooting herself. Police initially described…
Police: Man Confronting Bear Accidentally Kills Brother
GRANTS PASS, Ore.—Authorities say a man in Oregon trying to protect his home from a bear instead fatally shot his brother by mistake, then killed himself. Josephine County Undersheriff Travis Snyder said the man called 911 around 7 a.m. Tuesday and told dispatchers he had “accidentally shot his brother while loading a gun” after being…
13 People Die in Mexico Highway Accident
MEXICO CITY—Thirteen people were killed when their van overturned and flipped into a ditch on a highway in central Mexico, leaving another 10 people injured, officials said on Saturday. Seven of the victims who died were initially trapped inside the car, the emergency services agency from Jalisco state said on Twitter. The accident occurred near…
Fatal Crash Prompts Paris Taxi Company to Suspend Use of Tesla Model 3
A major taxi company in Paris, France, has suspended the use of Tesla Model 3 cars in its fleet after a fatal weekend crash involving one of the vehicles left one person dead and seven seriously injured, according to French media reports. G7, the biggest taxi company in Paris, has suspended the use of 37…
7 Migrants Killed, 3 Injured in Car Accident in Hungary
BUDAPEST, Hungary—Seven migrants were killed and three others injured when the vehicle they were traveling in crashed into a house while fleeing a police stop, Hungarian police said. The accident occurred just before midnight Monday near the center of Morahalom, a town of around 6,000 people less than five miles from Hungary’s border with Serbia….
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