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10 Killed in Indonesia in Truck Crash Outside School

BEKASI, Indonesia—At least 10 people have been killed, including some children, after a truck crashed on Wednesday near a bus stop outside a school in Indonesia’s West Java Province, police said. The students were waiting at the bus stop after class in the city of Bekasi, when the truck veered toward them and crashed into…


2 Officers Killed in Helicopter Crash in Tennessee

WHITESIDE, Tenn.—Two Tennessee law enforcement officers died when their helicopter hit power lines and crashed in a wooded area. The lines fell across an interstate and lanes of the highway were shut down as first responders looked for the crash site, officials said. A Tennessee Highway Patrol officer and a Marion County deputy sheriff were…


Fiery Bus Crash on Japanese Highway Leaves 2 Dead, 7 Injured

TOKYO—A bus crashed into a dividing strip, overturned, and caught fire on an expressway in central Japan on Monday, killing two people and injuring seven others, police said. The bus, traveling between downtown Nagoya and a nearby prefectural airport, apparently hit the divider just before leaving the expressway, according to Aichi police. They said the…


Kobe Bryant’s Widow Says Crash Photos Turned Grief to Horror

LOS ANGELES—Vanessa Bryant testified Friday that she was only beginning to grieve the loss of her husband, basketball star Kobe Bryant, and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna when she was faced with the fresh horror of learning that sheriff’s deputies and firefighters had shot and shared photos of their bodies at the site of the helicopter…


20 Killed in Pakistan When Speeding Bus Hits Oil Tanker

LAHORE, Pakistan—A speeding bus collided with an oil tanker in Pakistan, killing 20 people in a fiery crash overnight, police and rescue officials said on Tuesday. “Three buses were racing. One of them rammed into an oil tanker,” police official Imran Shaukat told Reuters, describing the incident on a motorway near the central city of…


6 French Tourists on Plane That Crashed Into Lake, Killing 2

PAGE, Ariz.—A small plane that plunged into a lake that straddles the Arizona–Utah state line, killing two people and injuring five, was carrying six French tourists plus a pilot, authorities said Tuesday. Kane County Sheriff’s officials in Utah said witnesses reported seeing the plane out of Page crash into Lake Powell near Face Canyon shortly…


Germany: 1 Dead After Self-Driving BMW Veers Into Traffic

BERLIN—Police in Germany said Tuesday that one person has died and nine were seriously injured after a self-driving test car veered into oncoming traffic, triggering a series of collisions involving four vehicles Monday afternoon. A spokesman for police in the southwestern town of Reutlingen said the electric BMW iX with five people on board, including…


‘I Was Protected’: Nashville Man Miraculously Survives Motorcycle Crash, Walks Out of Hospital Same Night

A film producer in Nashville had a devastating motorcycle accident on the freeway, but he survived and, incredibly, escaped serious injury. As chance has it, he works at CBN, a Christian media company which regularly reports miraculous stories of survival like his. Back in 2020, with COVID restrictions still prevalent, Rob Hull was getting together…


Grandfather, Grandchildren Among 4 Dead in Texas Golf Cart Crash

GALVESTON, Texas—The four people killed in a weekend golf cart collision in Texas were a grandfather, two of his grandchildren, and a niece who were visiting Galveston for a quick vacation before school began, police said. The crash happened Saturday after a driver accused of being intoxicated ran a stop sign and crashed into a…


Actress Anne Heche in Coma After Crashing Car Into Los Angeles Home

Actress Anne Heche has slipped into a coma and is in critical condition following an accident in which she drove her vehicle through a home in Los Angeles, a spokesperson has confirmed. A spokesperson told the PA news agency: “Previous reports stating that Anne Heche was stable were inaccurate. Shortly after the accident, Anne became unconscious,…