Tag: crash

Tiger Woods Hospitalized With Multiple Leg Injuries After Car Crash

LOS ANGELES—Golfer Tiger Woods was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital on Tuesday after suffering multiple injuries when his car went off a road and rolled down a steep hillside, requiring the “jaws of life” to extricate him. Woods’ injuries were not believed to be life threatening, ESPN reported, citing police sources. Woods, 45, was…


Tiger Woods Badly Hurt in Car Crash, Expected to Survive

LOS ANGELES—Tiger Woods was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital on Tuesday after suffering multiple injuries when his car went off a road and rolled down a steep hillside, requiring the “jaws of life” to extricate the golf great from the wreckage. Woods’ injuries were not believed to be life threatening, ESPN reported, citing police…


At Least 60 Killed After Passenger Barge Crashes on Congo River

KINSHASA—At least 60 people died when a passenger barge carrying more than 700 people became shipwrecked on the Congo river at night, Democratic Republic of Congo’s humanitarian affairs minister said on Monday. Some 300 survivors had been found near the scene of the accident in Mai-Ndombe province in the west of the country, but another…


Federal Investigators Reveal Cause of Chopper Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant, Daughter, 7 Others

Safety investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Tuesday that the pilot of a helicopter that crashed and killed Kobe Bryant and eight others last year flew through clouds in an apparent violation of federal standards and probably became disoriented. NTSB chairman Robert Sumwalt said at a Feb. 9 hearing that the pilot, Ara…


Indonesian Plane Crashes After Take-Off With 62 Aboard

JAKARTA—A Sriwijaya Air plane crashed into the sea on Saturday minutes after taking off from Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on a domestic flight with 62 people on board, and their fate was not known. The Boeing 737-500, en route to Pontianak in West Kalimantan, disappeared from radar screens after taking off just after 2:30 p.m. (0730…


Head-On Crash Kills 7 Children, 2 Adults in Central California

FRESNO, Calif. —Seven children and two adult drivers were killed in a head-on collision in Central California on New Year’s Day, authorities said. The children, who were between 6 and 15 years old, were members of two related families traveling in a 2007 Ford that collided around 8 p.m. Friday with a Dodge vehicle on…


Violent Crash Splits Car in Half, Kills 5 in NYC Suburb

YONKERS, N.Y.—A car speeding away from police Tuesday night in suburban New York City barreled into another car, splitting that vehicle in half and killing five people, officials said. The 36-year-old driver of the speeding car and four 18-year-old men, who were ejected from the other vehicle, died in the crash. The fatal collision happened…