7 die, 15 injured in 100-vehicle pile-up on SW China expressway

 

Photo taken on Dec. 27, 2010 shows a crashed truck after heavy fog caused an accident on the express way connecting Guiyang and Zunyi in southwest China's Guizhou Province. A chain of rear-end collisions began after a heavy truck crashed into a petrol station at about 8 a.m. on Monday. At least 7 people were killed and 15 were injured in the accident.

Seven people were killed and 15 others injured when over 100 vehicles crashed into the back of each other on an expressway in southwest China's Guizhou Province Monday morning, local authorities said.

The pile-up began when a truck crashed into a petrol station in Zunyi County at about 8 a.m. At least 100 other vehicles then crashed into the rear of each other, according to local firefighters.

Six people died at the scene. One died in hospital. The injured received treatment at the People's Hospital in Zunyi County.

It was foggy when the pile-up happened. At around 10 a.m., visibility on the expressway was still less than 50 meters, according to a Xinhua reporter at the scene.

Traffic banked up for about 20 kilometers after the accident.

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8 Americans killed in a bus crash in Egypt

 CAIRO - A tour bus slammed into a truck in southern Egypt on Sunday, killing eight Americans and injuring 21 others in the latest fatal crash involving tourists, the state news agency said.

The tour bus that was involved in an accident in Abu Simbel, Aswan about 879 km (546 miles) south of Cairo, is seen Dec 26, 2010. [Photo/Agencies] 

The bus was taking a tour group on the 115 mile (185 kilometer) journey from Aswan to the ancient temples of Abu Simbel along Lake Nasser, when it ran into the truck carrying sand parked on the side of a single lane desert road, killing six women and two men.

The Egyptian driver and a guide were also injured in the accident.

Egyptian security officials said the hurt Americans were first transferred to a military hospital for treatment and then 10 of the injured, including two Egyptians, were airlifted to a hospital in Cairo.

An official of Misr Sinai Tours, which was running the bus service, said the accident occurred around dawn while it was still dark about 13 miles (22 kilometers) outside of Aswan.

The official said the bus, containing 37 passengers, was part of a larger tour of 116 American tourists traveling in three buses.

The other buses did not continue on to Abu Simbel, and instead returned to Aswan, he said, declining to be identified.

The US embassy in Cairo confirmed that the injured are being moved by military transport to Cairo, but said in a statement that it didn't have any further information on the accident or those involved.

The Great Temple at Abu Simbel, known for its four colossal statues, was built during the reign of Ramses II and was dedicated to the god Amun. It is considered one of the most beautiful ancient monuments in Egypt.

Road accidents are common in Egypt because of bad roads and poor enforcement of traffic rules, and crashes involving tour groups are not uncommon.

Last month, eight foreign tourists were killed when their tour bus lost control and flipped over several times on a winding mountain road near a resort on Egypt's Red Sea coast, while in October six Belgian tourists were killed in a crash in the south.

Following last month's accident authorities closed several travel operators after complaints of inadequate safety measures and bad driving.

Misr Tours is a joint stock investment company and one of Egypt's leading full service ground operators.

An estimated 8,000 people die in car accidents annually in Egypt.

 

John Vanderveen, 77, and his wife Helen, 73, both from the US, rest in a hospital in Cairo Dec 26, 2010, after being involved in a road accident.

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Huge fire leaves 2,000 families homeless in Filipino city

 

Residents take a break after scavenging for reusable materials from their burnt houses near Muntinlupa City, south of Manila, Philippines, Dec. 24, 2010 after a fire hit the residential area overnight. 

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Bus crash kills 35 in Ecuador

At least 35 people died and 23 were injured on Friday when a passenger bus in the Ecuadorian coastal province Manabi went off the highway and fell 200 meters, local television station Teleamazonas reported Friday.

At least seven children died in the accident, said the local television station.

The accident took place at 2:00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) when the bus from the "Reina del Camino" cooperative lost control following a failure in the brake system. The bus was traveling on a road in the town of La Crespa, in the coastal province of Manabi.

There were about 65 people traveling on the bus to Quito when the bus hit a rock and a tree before it fell, said Teleamazonas.

Rescuers from the local Red Cross arrived at the scene to begin rescue operations, which were hampered by rain in the region.
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A man escaped death in a collapsed building

 

The incident occured in Kadaraopapo area

in Agbowo, U.I,Ibadan at exact 6:45am

Monday 22nd November, 2010, when a

storey building, built behind a canal

collapsed that belongs to Alhaji Suara

aka Baba Eleran.
Source: http://bussyfocus.blogspot.com The victim happen to be

one of the Landlord's son named Mr.

Muka Suara,it was gathered that  after

he returned from Mosque around 6:20am

and setted to get his bath in a bathroom

located on first floor of the building,

the part of the building collapsed while

the son was bating and the building fell

on him beside the canal, the rescue

team which include the fire fighters, the

Nigeria Police and the entire community

came at his aid (Mr. Muka Suara), he

was rushed down to the hospital at

exactly 8:40am.    

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Costa Rica landslide kills 20 people

Rescue worker checks a body from the site of a landslide in San Antonio de Escazu, near San Jose (Costa Rica), on Nov. 4, 2010. The landslide occurred on Thursday morning in Pico Blanco Hill, west of San Jose, due to the pouring rains in the last days. The Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) of Costa Rica said on Thursday that the number of deaths caused by the landslide reached 20. 

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Plane with 68 crashes in Cuba; no survivors reported

HAVANA -- A passenger plane crashed in central Cuba on Thursday night, killing all 68 people onboard, the Cuban civil aviation authorities said.

The ATR-72 twin turboprop plane of the state-run Aero Caribbean airline crashed near the town of Guasimal, 355 km east of Havana, in the central Sancti Spiritus province, the Civil Aeronautics Institute of Cuba (IACC) said.

There were no survivors, the IACC said in a statment.

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The ATR-72, a French-Italian made aircraft, is mainly used for regional flights and short trips.

The Flight 883, with 61 passengers and seven crew members including 28 foreigners onboard, was flying to Havana from the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba at 4:45 pm (2145 GMT).

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21 killed in plane crash in Karachi, Pakistan

Military and rescue workers search through the wreckage of a passenger plane which crashed near Karachi's Jinnah international airport November 5, 2010.

All the 21 people including four crew members on board were killed in a plane crashed early Friday morning near the Jinnah International Airport of Karachi in southern Pakistan, said a rescue team leader on the plane crash site.

According to the rescue team leader, the 21 killed in the plane crash included 17 passengers, one pilot, one co-pilot, a technician and an air guard.

So far, a total of 15 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of the crashed plane, said an army officer who is leading the rescue work on the site, adding that the bodies recovered are completely burned beyond recognition and it is not known whether there were any foreigners on board or not.

One local media report said that at least one foreigner was on board and details about the identity of the passengers aboard the crashed plane are not announced yet.

Early Friday morning, a Cessna plane capable of carrying a maximum of 23 people on board at one time crashed right after it took off from the Jinnah International Airport of Karachi at about 7:13 am (local time).

The crashed plane belongs to a local air company named JS Air and is currently chartered by a British oil and gas company named ENI in Pakistan. The crashed plane is said to be on its way to an oil field at the Bhit Shah village in the southern part of Sindh province.

Engine failure is the main culprit for the plane crash, said Pervaiz George, spokesman of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Pakistan.

According to the spokesman, the pilot of the crashed plane informed the control tower that the plane had a problem with its right engine and as the plane took a U-turn upon the return request of the control tower and fell down near the airport.

Friday's plane crash has been the second most serious accident of its kind in Pakistan since this year. On July 28, an Airbus 321 carrying 152 people crashed near the country's capital of Islamabad, killing all the people on board. The cause of the disaster is still under investigation. Bad weather is believed to be a possible reason for the crash as it rained heavily when the plane crashed into the densely-wooded Margalla Hills sprawling along the northwestern side of Islamabad.



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Dozens bodies found in Mexico mass grave near Acapulco

Forensic workers unearth the remains of bodies after finding a mass grave at a fruit plantation in Tuncingo on the outskirts of Acapulco, Mecixo, Nov. 3, 2010. Local authorities said more than a dozen dead bodies have been found with their hands tied behind their backs, but are yet to confirm if they are among the 22 citizens of Michoacan state who were kidnapped Sept. 30 this year.



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122 killed by floods in Thailand

Picture taken on Nov. 2, 2010 shows a flooded street in Hat Yai of south Thailand's Songkhla province. A total of 122 people have been killed by floods in Thailand, the government said Thursday.

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Small helicopter accident injures 2 in Brazil

Rescuers deal with the wreckage after a small helicopter crashed in Campo de Marte on the north of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Nov. 4, 2010. A small helicopter made a forced landing here on Thursday, leaving the two passengers onboard, a student and an instructor, minorly injuried.


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Saving manufacturing from poor road infrastructure

Saving manufacturing from poor road infrastructure
High cost of transportation has continued to add to the problems bedevilling the manufacturing industry. Industry operators say the impact of poor roads on businesses in Nigeria is becoming too heavy for them to bear. Ronke Badmus writes



It needs no mention that the problem of transportation has become a crucial problem for the manufacturing industry in Nigeria. The difference between what companies spend on transportation (owing mainly to bad roads) and what it should have been if the roads were good has risen to an unimaginable position.

Besides monetary value in terms of costs that are being lost to poor roads, time and human resources are also being wasted daily on the roads. Sometimes, goods completely perish in single-vehicle road mishaps occurring at bad portions of the roads.

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33 die in Potiskum road crash

YOBE — THIRTY-THREE  people died, Tuesday, in Potiskum, Yobe State  when two buses collided and burst into flames, a road safety agency official said.
Boyi Alli Maigari, head of the Federal Road Safety Commission in the city said: “We had an accident on the outskirt of Potiskum  involving two commuter buses in which 33 people were burnt to death.”
He said the crash occurred when one of the buses burst a tyre and the driver lost control and rammed into a bus going in the opposite direction.
Maigari said that all 33 occupants of the two buses were burnt beyond recognition, adding that they were given a mass burial at a public cemetery in Potiskum.
More than 17,000 people died in about 31,000 road accidents across the country between 2007 and 2009, according to the road safety agency.
The agency said more than 73,000 were injured in these accidents during the period.


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Rescue crews find 135 missing people after Indonesia quake

Soldiers unload aid for tsunami and victims in Indonesia's Mentawai islands

Rescue crews have found 135 missing people after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's coast, triggering a tsunami and leaving hundreds dead, authorities said Saturday.
At least 413 were killed and 133 remain missing, according to the Indonesia Disaster Management Agency.
Dozens were found alive over the past five days, officials said. Authorities said 270 people were seriously injured.
More than 22,000 people have been displaced or affected by the tsunami, which swept up villagers and swallowed homes without warning.

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Indonesian volcano eruption kills dozens

Rescue workers search for survivors after the Mount Merapi erupted in Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010. Indonesia's most volatile volcano started erupting Tuesday, after scientists warned that pressure building beneath its dome could trigger the most powerful eruption in years. Source:http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90783/91321/7178845.html Read more...

8 killed, 23 injured serial pileup accident in central China

Photo taken on Oct. 16, 2010 shows the accident site on the Hubei section of the expressway linking Beijing, Hong Kong and Macao in central China's Hubei Province. A serial pileup accident occurred on the expressway on Saturday morning, causing eight people dead and 23 others injured.

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Tropical Storm Paula weakens after hitting Havana

People stand near a car damaged by a fallen tree in Havana October 15, 2010. Tropical Depression Paula spun itself out over Cuba on Friday after smacking the capital Havana and the island's western tobacco-growing province with driving rain and high winds. There were no reports of deaths or major damage from the storm, indicating the communist-ruled Caribbean nation was spared the destruction it suffered from three powerful hurricanes in 2008.

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National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) chiefs dead in crash

Sympathisers trying to remove a trapped body in the accident along Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Road in Abuja...yesterday

A MAJOR tragedy hit the Labour community Wednesday.

Three officials of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and two of their aides died in a road accident in Abuja.

The National President, Comrade Gidado Hamman, General Secretary Mudashiru Amao and National Organising Secretary Comrade John Olaoye died in the crash.

Hamman’s driver Malam Aliyu and orderly also died.

The unionists were on their way to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja enroute Lagos to catch a flight. They were on an official assignment.

Alhaji Aliyu Hassan, the FCT Secretary of NURTW, said:

"Four of them died on the spot and the national organising secretary, died later.

We pray God to grant their soul eternal rest.

"We don’t have anything to do than what God has done. We have contacted the family of the late General Secretary. They told us they want to take his body to his home town.

As for the President, his brother is coming tomorrow."

The Corps Public Enlightenment Officer of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr Samuel Obayemi, confirmed the deaths last night.

"Yes, I can confirm the accident and the deaths of the NURTW officers but I cannot give you any other information," he said.

NLC Deputy President Comrade Peters Adeyemi described the death of the NURTW men as "a major disaster".

President General of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUCN) Comrade Peter Esele spoke glowingly of Hamman.

"He was a nice person and a comrade to the core. We shall miss him. May God give his family the fortitude to bear the loss.

President of the National Union of Chemical, Footwear, Leather, Rubber and Non Mettalic Products Employees (NUCFRLANMPE) Boniface Isok said, "This is a big blow to the trade union movement. Many people counted on him."

The President of the Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI), blamed the government for the accident, saying it failed to fix bad roads.

The late Hamman was also the deputy National Treasurer of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).

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Train, bus collision kills 40 in Ukraine

Investigators stand next to the wreckage of a bus after a collision in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region October 12, 2010. A collision between a bus and a goods locomotive killed 40 people and injured several others on Tuesday in eastern Ukraine, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said. 

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Hungary: Two bodies found -- red sludge death toll rises to seven

A local man looks at his garden in the flooded town of Devecser, 150 km (93 miles) west of Hungarian capital Budapest October 8, 2010. Wave of toxic red mud swept through the small village five days ago, killing seven and injuring scores more. The accident -- which officials say is Hungary's worst-ever chemical accident and an "ecological disaster" -- occurred on October 4 when the walls of a reservoir of residue at an aluminium plant in nearby Ajka broke, sending a wave of stinking red sludge through seven villages in the west of the country and leaving a trail of devastation across an area of 40 square kms (15.4 square miles). In Kolontar, the army had to build a temporary bridge to replace one that was swept away by the flood.

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