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A section of a highway collapsed after heavy rains in southern China, sending cars tumbling down a slope and leaving at least 36 people dead, authorities said on Thursday. Thirty other people had injuries, none of them life-threatening, a government statement said.
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Scores were still stranded in cable cars in southern Turkey on Saturday. One pod hit a pole and burst open on Friday at 5:30 p.m. local time, killing one and injuring seven others. More than 40 people are still stuck high above a mountain 19 hours after the incident. The accident occurred on the Tunektepe cable car just outside the Mediterranean city of Antalya during the busy Eid al-Fitr holiday. Operations to rescue the stranded people continued throughout the night. “128 citizens in 16 pods have been rescued under difficult conditions,” Okay Memis, director of the Turkish search and rescue ...
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One person died and seven were injured on Friday when a cable car pod struck a pole and burst open in southern Turkey, causing passengers to fall to the mountainside below, according to officials and local media. The incident also left scores stranded for hours as it halted the entire cable car system. Mayor of Antalya, Muhittin Böcek said that efforts are ongoing to rescue 184 people trapped in the cable car. Rope systems are being used for the rescue operations and night-vision helicopters are heading to the area, Böcek said. "There are currently 184 of our citizens in 25 cabins. God willing...
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A container ship named Dali lost propulsion and crashed into a pillar of Batimore’s Francis Scott Key bridge on March 26th – killing at least six people. Very quickly, social media users started blaming everyone and anyone for the incident – from the liberals to Israel to Ukraine. One such example that has gone viral is that Kyiv is behind the following allegations the captain of the ship is of Ukrainian nationality. "The captain of the ship that rammed down the bridge in Baltimore was a citizen of Ukraine," tweeted multiple users. "Ukrainian is taking credit for the act and saying Europe is n...
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The accident happened on the A9 highway near Leipzig at about 9:45 am and the road was closed in both directions. It wasn't immediately clear why the bus, which was operated by Flixbus and was en route to Zurich after setting off from Berlin at 8 a.m., came off the road. Rescue helicopters and ambulances were at the scene. Police spokesman Olaf Hoppe told n-tv television that there were “numerous injured and at least five dead.” Flixbus said there were 53 passengers and two drivers on board. The company said it was working closely with local authorities and rescue services and would do everyth...
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All six workers missing after a Baltimore bridge collapsed on Tuesday are presumed dead, and the search for them postponed until Wednesday morning. According to the authorities, the operation has shifted from search and rescue to search and recovery. On Tuesday, a 300-metre-long container ship struck one of the Francis Scott Key Bridge supports, causing the span to break and fall into the water within seconds. Two people were retrieved alive from the waters under the bridge, one in serious condition. Baltimore bridge collapse sends authorities scrambling to rescue people from riverThe six peop...
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A major bridge in Baltimore snapped and collapsed after a container ship rammed into it early Tuesday, sending several vehicles plummeting into the river below. The vessel appears to have hit one of the supports of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing the roadway to break apart in several places and plunge into the water, according to a video posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. The ship caught fire and appeared to sink. Rescuers are now searching for anyone in the water. "This is a dire emergency," Kevin Cartwright, director of communications for the Baltimore Fire Department, told The As...
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As officials investigate what caused a “strong shake” before a sudden plunge on a plane traveling between Australia and New Zealand, a passenger on Tuesday described a wild ride, with people without seatbelts thrown from their seats and some crashing into the plane's ceiling. At least 50 people were injured on Monday by what LATAM Airlines described as a “strong movement” on the Chilean plane traveling from Sydney to Auckland, New Zealand. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner later landed at Auckland Airport as scheduled and was due to continue on to Santiago, Chile. “The plane, unannounced, just dropp...
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Swiss bobsled athlete Sandro Michel is recovering from emergency surgery, his team said Wednesday, after a training crash that has left some sledders considering whether it's safe or appropriate to compete in World Cup races this weekend. Michel was the brakeman at the back of a four-man sledge piloted by Michael Vogt that crashed on Tuesday during training. He was tossed from his seat and was still on the ice when the vehicle slid back down the icy chute. The International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation said Michel was "run over by the bobsleigh, which was uncontrollably sliding back from th...
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