Tag: crash

Chinese Airliner Crashes in Southern China With 132 on Board

A China Eastern Airlines jet carrying 132 people crashed in southeast China on March 21, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) confirmed. The number of casualties is not immediately known. There were 123 passengers and nine crew members on board, CAAC said. The crash of the Boeing 737 aircraft caused fires in mountainous areas near Wuzhou city of Guangxi…


3 From Nebraska Dead in Northwestern Oklahoma Plane Crash

POND CREEK, Okla.—Three people from Nebraska have been killed in a plane crash in northwestern Oklahoma, authorities said. The pilot William Lauber, 58, of Milford; passenger Christine Lauber, 58, of Milford; and passenger Ragan Lauber, 21, of Lincoln, died in the crash about 4:30 p.m. Thursday, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said in a statement. Witnesses…


13-Year-Old Drove Father’s Pickup in Fiery Crash That Killed 9: NTSB Official

A 13-year-old boy was driving the pickup truck that collided head-on with a minibus on Tuesday, killing six students of a New Mexico university, their head coach, and both occupants of the pickup truck, authorities said. During a Thursday news conference, the vice-chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Bruce Landsberg, said a preliminary investigation…


Multiple Fatalities After Pile-Up Involving up to 50 Cars on I-57 in Missouri

Multiple people died in a massive car pile-up in Missouri involving as many as 50 vehicles on Thursday on Interstate 57 in Charleston, officials said. Mississippi County Coroner Terry Parker told KFVS-2 that there are five confirmed deaths in the pileup. A mobile morgue was set up at McMikle’s Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri, he said….


9 Dead in Crash Involving University of the Southwest Golf Teams

HOBBS, N.M.—Nine people have died in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, including six New Mexico university students and a coach returning from a golf tournament, as well as a 13-year-old boy, authorities said. Those killed in the Tuesday evening crash included University of the Southwest students from Portugal and Mexico. Two Canadian students…


Ex-‘American Idol’ Star Charged in Fatal Crash Still in Jail

SPARTANBURG, S.C.—The former “American Idol” contestant accused of barreling into a man with his pickup truck, killing him, will remain in a South Carolina jail while toxicology results from state investigators are still pending, a judge said Thursday. Circuit Judge Daniel Hall ended the hearing without setting bond for 17-year-old Caleb Kennedy, according to news…


California School Wears Green, Gold to Honor Brothers Who Died in Crash

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—A picture of young teenagers having fun with their friends is taped to a traffic post on the intersection of Newland and Yorktown, while the sidewalk just below is covered in colorful flowers, sports gear, and candles. What started as a routine weekday drive in Joshua and Jeremy Page’s white 1990 Ford F-250…


4 Dead When SUV Hits Freight Train in Suburban Chicago

HARVEY, Ill.—Four people died early Wednesday in a south Chicago suburb when an SUV hit the last rail car of a moving freight train at a crossing and caught fire, officials said. The Dodge Durango struck the CSX train about 2 a.m. at a crossing on the east side of Harvey, a south suburban community,…


Woman out of Prison in School Bus Crash That Killed 3 Kids

ROCHESTER, Ind.—A woman convicted in a 2018 crash that killed three siblings who were crossing a rural northern Indiana highway to board a school bus was released from prison Wednesday, after serving just over two years. Alyssa Shepherd, 27, was released from the Rockville Correctional Facility, Fulton County Prosecutor Michael Marrs told WNDU-TV. She now…


Dashcam VIDEO: Trooper Steers SUV to Crash Into DUI Suspect Speeding Toward Skyway 10K Runners

Placing her own life on the line, a Florida State Trooper in her SUV positioned herself between a speeding suspected DUI motorist and throngs of unsuspecting runners participating in the Skyway 10K on Sunday. Ignoring road detours, Sarasota woman Kristen Kay Watts, 52, in a BMW 335i reportedly sped through several checkpoints, weaving through cones,…