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Prince Philip unharmed after traffic accident, two injured
Queen Elizabeth II’s 97-year-old husband Prince Philip emerged unscathed after a vehicle he was driving was involved in a traffic accident that injured two people on Thursday, according to Buckingham Palace and police. A palace spokeswoman told AFP that the duke was driving near the monarch’s Sandringham Estate when the crash occurred but declined to confirm that it overturned in the incident. “The Duke of Edinburgh was involved in a road traffic accident with another vehicle this afternoon,” the palace said in a statement.
Man killed in helicopter accident at Tampa Bay area airport.
Aerial footage of Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport where officials investigate the scene of the accident.
Death toll rises to eight in Danish train accident
The death toll from a train accident in Denmark, when a truck trailer appeared to blow off a cargo train in strong winds and hit a passenger train, has risen from six to eight, police said Thursday. Investigators said Wednesday the passenger train appeared to have struck an empty truck trailer that had blown off a cargo train travelling in the opposite direction on a different track. Debris could be seen lying across the front of the passenger train.
Deadly accident reported on I-70 as blizzard blasts north-central US
Bear spray accident at Amazon warehouse shines light on safety record
Lion Air jet in another accident, a week after deadly crash
A Lion Air passenger jet has been involved in another accident — just a week after a plane from the Indonesian airline crashed with the loss of all 189 people on board. The plane’s left wing was visibly damaged, forcing all passengers to disembark. Lion Air spokesman Danang Prihantoro said all 143 passengers and seven crew were safe.
Captain of duck boat that killed 17 in July accident indicted
Costa Rica Rafting Accident Leaves 5 Dead, Including 4 American Bachelor Party Attendees
4 Americans among 5 dead in Costa Rica rafting accident
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Four American tourists and a Costa Rican guide were killed in a weekend rafting accident in the Central American country, authorities said Sunday.
India's Punjab state chief minister says train accident killed 59
India’s northern state of Punjab’s chief minister said 59 people were killed and 57 injured in a railway accident on Friday in which a train ran over scores of people gathered on the railway tracks for a festival in the city of Amritsar. Declining to comment on the likely reasons behind the accident, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh told reporters on Saturday that an official inquiry into the accident was underway and was expected to be completed within four weeks. A large crowd had formed near the tracks on the city’s fringe for the burning of effigies as part of a major Hindu festival on Friday when the train sped through the gathering in darkness, officials and witnesses said.
