NEW YORK—New York Jets assistant coach Greg Knapp died Thursday of injuries suffered in an accident when he was struck by a car while riding a bicycle Saturday near his home in California. He was 58. Knapp’s family released a statement through the team that the longtime NFL assistant coach died at 2:32 p.m. EDT….
3 Men Charged in Deadly 2018 Missouri Duck Boat Accident
A local prosecutor charged a boat captain and two other employees Friday over 17 deaths in July 2018 when a tourist duck boat sank on a Missouri lake during a severe thunderstorm, reviving the threat of long prison sentences seven months after federal charges against them were dismissed. The total of 63 felony charges were…
Officials Say Deadly Pride Parade Crash Was Not Intentional
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—A member of a men’s chorus group unintentionally slammed into fellow chorists at the start of a gay pride parade in South Florida, killing one member of the group and seriously injuring another, the group’s director said Sunday, clarifying initial speculation that it was a hate crime directed at the gay community. Wilton…
Boat Accident on Nigerian River Kills 60, More Feared Dead
LAGOS, Nigeria—Nigerian authorities confirmed that at least 60 people have died in a boat accident on the Niger River and that 83 missing passengers are also feared dead. The boat with more than 160 passengers, including many children and women, sank after hitting an object and breaking up Wednesday while traveling along Nigeria’s largest river…
One Dead, Several Injured as NYC Driver Slams Into Outdoor Dining Area
One person was killed and several others were injured in New York City late Thursday when an SUV jumped a curb and slammed into an outdoor dining structure on Ditmars Blvd in Astoria, Queens, police said. A 29-year-old man who was on a Yamaha scooter when he was struck by the driver shortly before 8…
Dozens Crushed to Death in Crowd at Israeli Religious Festival
MOUNT MERON, Israel—Dozens of people were crushed to death in a crowd at a religious bonfire festival in Israel on Friday, medics said, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a “heavy disaster.” The crush occurred as tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews thronged to the Galilee tomb of 2nd-century sage Rabbi Shimon Bar…
Crush at Israeli Religious Festival Kills At Least 44
MOUNT MERON, Israel—At least 44 people were crushed to death at an over-crowded religious bonfire festival in Israel on Friday, medics said, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a “heavy disaster”. The crush occurred as tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews thronged to the Galilee tomb of 2nd-century sage Rabbi Shim Bar Yochai…
Taiwan Train Derails, at Least 4 Dead, Many Injured
TAIPEI—A train derailed in a tunnel in eastern Taiwan on Friday after apparently hitting a truck, with at least four people feared dead and more than 20 injured, as rescuers struggled to reach crushed carriages, the fire department said. The train, travelling to Taitung, came off the rails in a tunnel just north of Hualien…
Taiwan Train Crash Kills 41 in Deadliest Rail Tragedy in Decades
TAIPEI—At least 41 people were killed and more than 60 injured after a Taiwanese train carrying almost 500 passengers derailed in a tunnel on Friday when it apparently hit a truck that slid off a road leading to a nearby construction site. The crash, which also killed the train’s driver, is the island’s worst rail…
Train Crash Kills 50 in Taiwan’s Deadliest Rail Tragedy in Decades
HUALIEN, Taiwan—A Taiwan express train with almost 500 aboard derailed in a tunnel on Friday after hitting a truck that had slid down a bank onto the track, killing at least 50 passengers and injuring 146 in the island’s worst rail disaster in seven decades. Images from the scene showed some carriages ripped apart by…
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