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By Matthew WALSH BEIJING, May 1, 2024 (AFP) – At least 24 people died after part of a highway collapsed due to heavy rains in southern China’s Guangdong province on Wednesday, state media said. Guangdong, a densely populated industrial powerhouse, has been lashed by rainstorms in recent weeks, causing severe flooding and landslides in some areas. The downpours have been much heavier than would normally be expected for the time of year and have been […]
JAKARTA, Nov 19, 2023 (AFP) – A collision between a train and a minibus at a level crossing in the east of Indonesia’s most populous island Java on Sunday killed at least 11 people and injured several others, an official told local media. The train was travelling towards the port city of Surabaya when it hit a minibus carrying a dozen passengers at a crossing in the East Java city of Lumajang at around 8:00 […]
By Andrew LEESON Agence France-Presse GRETA, Australia, June 12, 2023 (AFP) — A bus carrying wedding guests overturned and killed 10 people in an “unimaginable” night-time crash in a popular wine region near Sydney, police said Monday — Australia’s deadliest road accident in 16 years. The white coach was ferrying guests from a wedding at a local winery when it flipped onto its left side late on Sunday, coming to rest on the pavement alongside […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Six Germans were killed when a car ploughed into them after they left a nightclub in the Italian Alps on Sunday, emergency services said, adding that 11 others were injured. Media reports said the driver may have been drunk. The accident happened at around 1:15 am (0015 GMT) in the village of Lutago near the Austrian border in the South Tyrol region, which is popular with skiers. The group of […]
(Eagle News)–Several roads are slated to undergo reblocking and repair starting Friday, Oct. 25. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said work on the following roads will start at midnight: SOUTHBOUND: Edsa National Shrine to West Ave. (1st lane from the sidewalk) Mindanao Ave. fronting Caltex Gas and after Tandang Sora Ave. (2nd lane from sidewalk) Edsa before Estrella (outer lane) EdsaCamp Crame Gate to after Annapolis St. (beside MRT) G. […]
by Deborah COLE BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — A stolen truck ploughed into cars in the center of the German city of Limburg on Monday leaving several people injured, police said, adding that the driver had been detained. “Based on what we have learned and several witness accounts, the man seized control of the truck at about 5:20 pm (1520 GMT),” police said in a statement. Soon after, the truck slammed into cars waiting at a […]
(Eagle News)–Several roads are scheduled to undergo repair and reblocking starting Friday, Aug. 9, until Tuesday, Aug. 13. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority advised motorists to avoid the following roads, where there will be construction work: Southbound EDSA fronting Sojen and fronting Chevrolet (5th lane from sidewalk) EDSA from Magallanes – Baclaran bus stop to Magallanes – Alabang bus stop (outer lane) EDSA Eugenio Lopez – Sct. Borromeo (desilting and construction of […]
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — A bus carrying 40 people crashed into several cars killing at least 17 people in southeast Brazil Sunday night, according to firefighters and local media. The fire brigade in the Campos de Jordao area, about 180 kilometers (110 miles) from Sao Paulo, confirmed to AFP that the accident was caused when a bus overturned, hitting other vehicles. Media reported at least 17 deaths and a video shot by a […]
KANO, Nigeria (AFP) — Nineteen wedding guests in the northern Nigerian state of Jigawa died when their bus lost control and burst into flames, police said Wednesday. The 18-seater was carrying 40 women and children returning from a wedding when its front tyre burst, causing it to skid off the road. The crash happened on Tuesday in Gwaram Sabuwa, a village around 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the state capital Dutse. “Nineteen people were killed […]
SOLOIA, Guatemala (AFP) — A truck ploughed into a crowd of indigenous Guatemalans gathered on a highway, leaving 18 dead as it drove off without stopping and plunging the Central American country into an outpouring of grief on Thursday. The government announced three days of mourning after the incident late Wednesday in the western town of Nahuala, whose population of around 65,000 are mostly K’iche’ Maya. A group of people had converged at the entrance […]
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AFP) –At least 30 indigenous Guatemalans were killed on Wednesday night when they were struck on a highway by a semi-trailer truck in the town of Nahuala in the country’s west, rescue workers said. “Personnel from the Departmental Municipal Firefighters have counted at least 30 dead people at this point,” spokesman Cecilio Chacaj told reporters. The group had congregated at the site of a hit-and-run accident that had killed a resident of their […]
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) — Twenty-three people died in western Nepal when a bus carrying school students and teachers back from a botanical field trip plunged into a gorge, police said. The students were aged mostly between 16 and 20. Two teachers and the driver also died in the accident early evening on Friday in a remote area. The vehicle was carrying 37 people, with 22 killed at the scene and another in a nearby […]
