At least 15 Chinese primary school students were killed when the bus taking them home overturned in the country’s east, highlighting serious problems with child safety following a similar tragedy last month. Eight other children were injured, one of them …
Federal safety investigators say a 19-year-old driver was texting at the time his pickup truck, two school buses and a tractor-trailer truck collided in a deadly pileup on an interstate highway in Missouri last year. The National Transportation Safety Board …
A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck in Mexico’s western Guerrero state, shaking buildings and causing panic in the nation’s capital and the Pacific resort of Acapulco. Officials said at least three people died, but there were no reports of widespread damage. The …
At least 11 people, including two children, were killed when a light plane crashed into a school building Saturday near the Philippine capital after its pilot requested an emergency landing shortly after takeoff, officials and the Red Cross said. Mayor …
A helicopter crash has killed a pilot and four passengers on a tour of the Las Vegas Strip and Hoover Dam. National Park Service spokesman Andrew Munoz said Wednesday that the aircraft operated by Sundance Helicopters crashed into the River …
State wildlife officials say two people have died in hunting-related incidents but overall the 2011-12 season has had a safe start. Jerry Carter, with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, tells The Clarion-Ledger that one death was caused …
State health regulators warned residents Tuesday about the dangers of using neti pots improperly. A neti pot, which looks like a genie’s lamp, is commonly used to irrigate sinuses. The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals issued its warning following …
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says there is not enough data yet to draw conclusions about the link between concussions and a degenerative brain ailment that has been found in four dead ice hockey players. The league wrapped up its Board …
A northwestern Illinois company has gone out of business and paid nearly $270,000 in federal fines after two teenage workers suffocated in a July 2010 grain bin accident, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday. Two workers – 19-year-old …
A government official says that 15 people were killed and 40 were seriously injured in a bus crash in Cameroon’s northwest. West Regional Governor Samuel Diboa says that the bus was heading to Yaounde when it crashed into a trailer …