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Plane Crash Kills ‘Flying Wild Alaska’ Pilot Jim Tweto and Idaho Hunting Guide

June 17, 2023
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska—Bush pilot Jim Tweto, known for his starring role in the Discovery Channel’s “Flying Wild Alaska” series, was killed along with a hunting and fishing guide from Idaho when their small plane crashed shortly after takeoff, Alaska State Troopers said. Tweto’s family-run rural aviation business in Unalakleet was featured in three seasons of the…

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4 Women, 1 Girl Killed in Minneapolis Crash After They Were Hit by a Driver Who Was Evading Police

June 17, 2023
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MINNEAPOLIS—Five people were killed when a driver ran a red light while fleeing Minneapolis police, authorities say. The pursuit started around 10 p.m. Friday when an officer spotted the driver speeding on Interstate 35, Minneapolis police said in a statement. The driver exited the highway before crashing into another vehicle with four women and a…

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Semi Had Right of Way in Horrific Manitoba Crash: RCMP

June 16, 2023
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The horrific crash in Manitoba that left 15 seniors dead happened when a passenger bus drove into the path of an oncoming semi truck on the Trans-Canada highway. “We have obtained video footage of the collision that was seized from the semi truck trailer,” said RCMP Superintendent Rob Lasson. “This video indicates that the bus…

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‘Hair,’ ‘Everwood’ Actor Treat Williams Dies After Vermont Motorcycle Crash

June 13, 2023
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DORSET, Vt.—Actor Treat Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series “Everwood” and the movie “Hair,” died Monday after a motorcycle crash in Vermont, state police said. He was 71. Shortly before 5 p.m., a Honda SUV was turning left into a parking lot when it collided with Williams’ motorcycle in…

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Child Plane Crash Survivors Get Medical Care in Bogota After Weeks in Jungle

June 10, 2023
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BOGOTA—Four Indigenous children who were missing for more than five weeks in a jungle in Colombia’s south following a deadly plane crash arrived in the capital Bogota early on Saturday for medical treatment. The siblings were found on Friday in Colombia’s Caqueta Province according to the country’s armed forces and were initially treated by military…

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Over 100 Bodies Remain Unclaimed After Indian Rail Disaster

June 6, 2023
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BALASORE, India—Indian authorities made fervent appeals to families on Tuesday to help identify over 100 unclaimed bodies kept in hospitals and mortuaries after 275 people were killed in the country’s deadliest rail crash in over two decades. The disaster struck on Friday, when a passenger train hit a stationary freight train, jumped the tracks and…

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Indian Railways Official Says Error in Signaling System Led to Crash That Killed 275 People

June 4, 2023
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BALASORE, India—The derailment in eastern India that killed 275 people and injured hundreds was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, officials said Sunday. Authorities worked to clear the mangled wreckage of the two passenger trains that derailed Friday…

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Error in Signaling System Led to Train Crash That Killed 275 People in India, Official Says

June 4, 2023
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BALASORE, India—The derailment in eastern India that killed 275 people and injured hundreds was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, officials said Sunday. Authorities worked to clear the mangled wreckage of the two passenger trains that derailed Friday…

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India Train Crash Kills Over 280, Injures 900 in One of Nation’s Worst Rail Disasters

June 3, 2023
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BALASORE, India—Rescuers found no more survivors in the overturned and mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds in one of the country’s deadliest rail crashes in decades, officials said Saturday. Chaotic scenes erupted on Friday night as rescuers climbed atop the wrecked trains…

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New Footprints Revive Hope in Colombia of Finding Four Children Missing in Jungle

June 2, 2023
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BOGOTA, Colombia—The discovery in recent days of small footprints in a southern jungle-covered part of Colombia has rekindled hope of finding alive four children who survived a small plane crash and went missing a month ago. Searchers found footprints Tuesday about 2 miles ( 3.2 kilometers) northwest of where the plane crashed May 1 with…

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