Tag: crash

CTV News Reporter Struck by Vehicle at Crash Site Remains in Hospital

CTV News reporter Stephanie Villella remains in hospital with serious injuries after a vehicle struck her while she was reporting on a car crash near Guelph, Ontario, on March 1. “The CTV Kitchener team continues to send our thoughts and best wishes to our friend and colleague Stephanie and her family,” the media outlet said…


Disbelief Turns to Anger as Greeks Seek Train Crash Missing

LARISSA, Greece—Disbelief turned to despair and anger in Greece on Wednesday after dozens of people were killed in the country’s worst rail disaster in living memory. Tuesday’s crash 220 miles north of Athens killed at least 36 people when a high-speed passenger train heading to the northern city of Thessaloniki careered into a freight train…


Family: Nevada Plane Crash Pilot Had ‘Affinity for Aviation’

RENO, Nev.—The pilot of a medical transport plane that crashed during a winter storm in Nevada, killing all five people on board, was following in the footsteps of his grandfather who flew bombers in World War II. All five on board died from multiple blunt-force injuries in the crash near rural Stagecoach, including pilot Scott…


NTSB Says Medical Plane Apparently Broke Apart Before Crash

STAGECOACH, Nev.—A medical transport flight that crashed in a mountainous area in northern Nevada, killing five all five people aboard the plane including a patient, apparently broke apart before hitting the ground, authorities said Sunday. The National Transportation Safety Board has sent in a seven-member team of investigators to the site of Friday night’s crash…


Man Jailed in Arizona Crash That Killed 2 Cyclists, Hurt 11

GOODYEAR, Ariz.—A suspect has been arrested in connection with a crash that killed two bicyclists and injured 11 others in a Phoenix suburb, authorities said Sunday. Goodyear police announced that 26-year-old Pedro Quintana-Lujan is jailed on suspicion of two counts of manslaughter, three counts of aggravated assault, 18 counts of endangerment, and two counts of…


Investigation Begins Into Arkansas Plane Crash That Killed 5

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Federal investigators headed to Arkansas Thursday to determine the cause of a small plane crash that killed five employees of an environmental consulting firm. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board planned to begin work to document the crash site and examine the plane’s wreckage, agency spokesperson Jennifer Gabris said in an email….


States Seek Ways to Curb Deadly Highway Wrong-Way Crashes

BOSTON—As Connecticut state Rep. Quentin Williams was driving home from the governor’s inauguration ball last month, he was struck head-on by a driver who had entered the highway using a ramp going in the wrong direction, killing both Williams and the driver. Williams’ death threw a spotlight on a kind of car accident that is…


5 Dead, Including Patient, in Medical Flight Crash in Nevada

STAGECOACH, Nev.—Five people, including medical personnel and a patient, were killed in a plane crash Friday in Nevada, according to the air ambulance company. The Lyon County Sheriff’s office said authorities began receiving calls about a possible plane crash near Stagecoach, Nevada, around 9:15 p.m. and found the wreckage two hours later. Care Flight, which…


Search on Philippine Volcano Confirms 4 Died in Plane Crash

MANILA, Philippines—Searchers who hiked the slopes of a restive Philippine volcano to find the wreckage of a plane that crashed over the weekend confirmed the two Australian energy consultants and two Filipino crew members on board didn’t survive, the local mayor said. More than a dozen army troops and firefighters were dropped off from an…


US Regulator Seeks More Information on Tesla Crash in California

The United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Monday it has asked Tesla Inc. for additional information after one of its vehicles collided with a fire truck in California. The Contra Costa County fire department said in a tweet on Saturday that a Tesla car struck one of its fire trucks and…