Latest Accidents News

Top state bureaucrat says death toll in Indian train accident climbs to more than 200

Jun. 02, 2023 18:59 PM EDT
NEW DELHI (AP) — Top state bureaucrat says death toll in Indian train accident climbs to more than 200.

Fire chief tells news outlet that death toll in India train accident has risen to 120, with more than 800 hurt

Jun. 02, 2023 18:31 PM EDT
NEW DELHI (AP) — Fire chief tells news outlet that death toll in India train accident has risen to 120, with more than 800 hurt.

Pilot killed in crash of single-engine plane in central Nebraska

Jun. 02, 2023 17:57 PM EDT

KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — A pilot was killed in the crash of a single-engine plane Friday near Kearney in central Nebraska, officials said. A statement from the Federal Aviation Administration said the pilot of the single-engine Vans RV-7 was the only person on board. The pilot's name...

Boxer Gervonta Davis jailed after moving without permission while on home detention

Jun. 02, 2023 14:52 PM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore judge has ordered professional boxer Gervonta Davis to serve the remainder of his hit-and-run crash sentence behind bars instead of in home detention after he moved to a luxury hotel and then a new home without the judge's permission, the state's attorney's office...

Italian media say border police are under investigation over shipwreck that killed 94 migrants

Jun. 02, 2023 12:10 PM EDT

ROME (AP) — Three members of Italy’s border police force are under investigation for a suspected role in a shipwreck off the country’s southern coast this year that killed more than 90 migrants, Italian news outlets reported Friday. Quoting from a search warrant issued by...

Sacramento solo car crash kills 2 children and adult, injures 7 other children and another adult

Jun. 01, 2023 16:55 PM EDT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two children and an adult died and seven other children and another adult were hospitalized after an overnight single-vehicle crash on a Sacramento street, authorities said Thursday. All of the surviving victims have injuries ranging from serious to...

New footprints revive hope in Colombia of finding four children missing in jungle

Jun. 01, 2023 16:30 PM EDT

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 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 (...

US turns up pressure on air bag inflator company that refuses a recall despite deaths, injuries

Jun. 01, 2023 09:55 AM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government is turning up the pressure on ARC Automotive to recall 67 million potentially dangerous air bag inflators by ordering the company to answer questions under oath and threatening fines if it doesn't respond. NHTSA argues that the recall is justified...

Real-life ‘Fast and Furious’: Car sent flying over tow truck in Georgia, video shows

May. 31, 2023 16:00 PM EDT

VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — It looks like a scene from a Hollywood blockbuster. A sedan rockets into the air after driving up the ramp of a flatbed tow truck on a Georgia highway. And the whole crash is caught on video by an officer's body camera. Shocked motorists and law enforcement...

Limo company manager sentenced to at least 5 years for New York crash that killed 20

May. 31, 2023 13:41 PM EDT

SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — A former limousine company manager was sentenced Wednesday to at least five years in prison for his role in a crash that killed 20 people in rural New York. Nauman Hussain, 33, was convicted of manslaughter earlier this month after prosecutors argued that he...