October 10, 2012
A boat captain’s widow was charged Tuesday with failing to ensure crew safety on their fishing vessel that sank off New Zealand in March, killing her husband and seven other people. Maritime authorities also claim boat co-owner Gloria Davis failed …
October 2, 2012
Authorities in Mexico say a tractor-trailer has collided with a truck carrying members of three families, killing at least 16 people in the nation’s north. Sergio Sisbeles, security spokesman for the northern state of Coahuila, said Sunday that the accident …
September 27, 2012
A passenger ferry collided with a cargo ship and sank west of Indonesia’s main island Wednesday morning, and at least eight people were killed, officials said. More than 200 crew and passengers were evacuated after the accident, said Transportation Ministry …
September 27, 2012
Police say 17 people died when the bus they were traveling in plunged into a river in western India. The bus was crossing the Purna river in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra state Wednesday morning when the accident took place. …
September 21, 2012
The Philippine coast guard says a passenger boat sank in the country’s south. Seven people drowned and five are missing. The boat was carrying 27 people when it went down before dawn Thursday near its destination of Bongao, the capital …
September 5, 2012
Iran’s state news agency says at least 19 people have been killed in the country’s south after the bus they were travelling on struck a rock and flipped over. IRNA says the accident took place Sunday some 50 kilometers (30 …
August 20, 2012
Mexican authorities say 11 people have died from a bus plunging into a ravine while headed to the Pacific resort of Mazatlan. Durango state government Secretary Jaime Fernandez Saracho says the bus fell about 150 feet from a mountainous road …