Six people have been injured in a collision between a truck and a minibus on a section of Castle Peak Road near Yuen Long in Hong Kong. Police said they were alerted at 4.27pm on Thursday to the traffic accident involving a 24-tonne truck and a green-topped minibus on the Yuen Long-bound lane of Castle Peak Road-Tam Mi. Six people suffered neck injuries, police said, adding that they would be sent to Pok Oi Hospital in Yuen Long for treatment.
Incident ignites fresh outrage among local residents who have long warned of escalating wild gaur menace in their backyards
A man was killed and nearly 80 people were forced to evacuate after a fire broke out at a village house in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Authorities said they were alerted at around 4.30am to a blaze at a metal house in Ling Shan Tsuen in Fanling. Police said some electrical wires were spotted burning when rescuers arrived at the scene. Seventy-eight people, in addition to four dogs and cats, were evacuated in the fire. The flames were put out at around 5am. The deceased, believed to be 50 to 60 years...
Fire Officer Anandappa N. told The Hindu that the rope tied around the deceased’s waist helped rescue personnel locate him.
The three were among 13 people from Majjipeta village in Padmanabham mandal travelling to the Maa Majhighariani temple at Rayagada; their vehicle had stopped near Chelluru when a lorry hit it in the early hours of Tuesday
The bus, full of pilgrims, skidded off the road and plunged into a low-lying area near the S-Mode area of Ganiwan in Gund area of Ganderbal
According to police, preliminary reports suggest the car plunged into the gorge after the driver lost control
He was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Coimbatore
At least 10 people have been injured after a minibus collided with a water tanker in Hong Kong’s Kwun Tong district. Police said on Monday that they received a report of a traffic accident at 12.21pm, near the Yue Man Square Public Transport Terminal, involving a minibus and a truck. The force said two male and eight female passengers in the minibus were injured. The Fire Services Department said three of the injured were classified as “Yellow” under its tagging system for multiple casualties,...
A 62-year-old worker has died after falling from a six-metre-high (20-foot) platform while repairing an aeroplane at the Hong Kong International Airport. Police received a report at 8.35am on Monday that a worker had been injured after falling from a height at a worksite operated by the Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO). “Preliminary investigations have shown that when the worker was repairing a plane on site, he accidentally fell from a six-metre work platform,” a police spokesman...
Blaze brought under control after eight hours. Preliminary findings suggest the fire originated in an area where copra was stored
Footage shows rescuers pulling survivors from a Vietnamese vessel that sank in the South China Sea.
According to local residents, the bus travelling from Thrissur to Kozhikode was speeding when the driver lost control
At least 35 killed after two buses collide in eastern Syria
Police suspect the accident occurred when they were likely trying to avoid an animal or another vehicle
At least one person died when a light aircraft crashed into a single-family home in the northern German state of Lower Saxony on Saturday. A police spokesman reported that one body was recovered from inside the aircraft in Ganderkesee, near Bremen. It was initially unclear whether anyone else was on board the aircraft when it crashed. Search operations by the fire department were still under way at midday. Several media outlets had previously reported on the incident. The residents of the house...
One of the buses was carrying members of the Internal Security Forces, while the other was transporting civilians.
A fertiliser explosion at a farm in Essex triggered a major incident.
A third person was injured
One soldier died and four were injured on Thursday when a military helicopter crashed in the Czech Republic, the army said. “A Venom helicopter has crashed at the 22nd helicopter base in Namest nad Oslavou. Five soldiers were on board. Emergency services are currently deployed at the scene,” the army wrote on social media. In a later post, it added that one soldier was killed and four injured in the crash. “Our absolute priority now is to provide all possible care and support to the injured...
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A respected Sunni religious leader, he served as the qazi of several mahals, including Kasaragod
The explosion is suspected to have occurred due to an LPG gas leak when the occupants were preparing breakfast.
Officials say 76 of the roughly 179 people believed to have been aboard survived, and 53 bodies have been found so far.
A Hong Kong mechanic died earlier this week after being crushed by a 28-seater bus while he was inspecting its undercarriage, police revealed on Thursday. The force said a colleague of the victim had contacted police at 3.45pm on Tuesday about the incident, which took place in a garage on Tin Ha Road in Tin Shui Wai. Police said the deceased, a 52-year-old man surnamed Leung, managed to climb out from underneath the vehicle but was found in an unconscious state with multiple injuries when...
The police said that it was around 2.30 p.m. when a few workers in the showroom noticed thick smoke coming from the diesel generator
The body of Nigam Kumar was recovered from Vilangad river after a four-day search with the support of various rescue teams
Sources said the mishap occurred reportedly due to a mechanical glitch at Kashi Nagar on the outskirts of Dharwad
Hong Kong travellers should be mindful of driving fatigue, unfamiliar road signs and their insurance coverage when going on road trips overseas, experts have warned after two traffic accidents involving city residents in Japan within a week. Ringo Lee Yiu-pui, honorary life president of the Hong Kong China Automobile Association, said on Wednesday that various factors could affect drivers’ concentration and energy when driving on foreign roads. He explained that car trips between places in a...
A ferry capsized in Guyana over the weekend, killing at least 53 people.
Searchers have found the wreckage from a Pan Am flight that plunged into the ocean off Puerto Rico in 1952, an accident that killed 52 and led to requirements for the passenger safety briefings given on every commercial flight. The plane, the Clipper Endeavor, made a hard landing after losing engine power shortly after take-off. The 17 passengers and crew who survived told investigators everyone lived through the landing, but panic set in as many passengers struggled to find life vests and the...
Search continues for dozens more people unaccounted for after the MV Barima capsized on Saturday night.
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A 53-year-old Hong Kong woman died and five others were injured in a head-on car crash in Japan on Monday, becoming the second such accident in Hokkaido prefecture to involve city residents in less than a week. Japanese news outlets reported that the incident took place at around 3.30pm (Japan Standard Time) on National Route 38 in Furano. A rental car carrying a family of four from Hong Kong crossed into the opposite lane and collided head-on with another passenger vehicle carrying two Japanese...
At 10.21 a.m. Delhi Fire Services received a call informing about fire in a residential building in south Delhi's Lodhi Road
At least 10 people have been injured when a bus crashed into a barrier on Tuen Mun Road, prompting an emergency response. Police said they received a report at 8.59am on Tuesday of the crash on the Kowloon-bound carriageway near the Bellagio housing estate in Sham Tseng. Nine women and one man sustained minor injuries. According to images widely circulating online, the vehicle was a Citybus 952P bound for Causeway Bay, with several windows and the windscreen shattered. “Most were hurt by the...
Members of the Kalyana Karnataka Auto Drivers Association staged a protest in Kalaburagi on Monday, alleging a rise in the operation of unauthorised autorickshaws and app-based transport services that they claim are functioning in violation of transport regulations.
Addressing a review meeting, Ponguru Narayana says all parks in the city will be modernised in a phased manner to meet the needs of the public
The first-day sales of the same lottery in 2025 had stood at 3.17 lakh. In the first phase, 20 lakh tickets have been issued for sales
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Tragedy struck in the Salamanca province when the 13-year-old died during celebrations for the win against Argentina.
Two other young people were injured after a fountain partially collapsed in Salamanca's Ciudad Rodrigo.
The tourist from Vijayapura suffered multiple fractures after he fell during a zipline ride at a resort in Dandeli in Uttara Kannada district
The girl, missing from YSR Nagar since Sunday evening, was found around 6 a.m. on Monday in the fields outside the colony, two kilometres from where CCTV last showed her; nearly 100 policemen, drones and sniffer dogs took part
The two vehicles caught fire after the accident; four car passengers and two occupants of the truck, including its driver, died in the accident
Just 40 minutes from central Guwahati, Amchong Tea Estate offers visitors estate tours, tea tastings, off-road adventures and a glimpse into Assam’s rich tea heritage
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An ageing ferry carrying more than 100 people capsized off the coast of Guyana, with 67 saved and rescue teams searching for the rest, officials said on Sunday. The ferry MV Barima left the small English-speaking country at the northeast corner of South America on Saturday afternoon with 133 people aboard for a trip from the capital, Georgetown, to the town of Port Kaituma. Port Kaituma is inland in the oil-rich Essequibo region and the ferry travels along the coast in the Atlantic before...
Five passengers, including a seven-year-old girl, were rescued from a passenger boat that sank in Indonesia.
An elderly Hong Kong tourist has been left in a coma after falling from a quad bike in Japan. The Immigration Department said on Sunday that it had been in contact with the Chinese foreign ministry’s arm in Hong Kong and the Chinese consulate in Fukuoka to understand the situation after receiving a request for help from the woman’s family. It added that it was also providing support. The accident reportedly occurred at around 11am on Saturday, when a group of six tourists – including the...
Rescue operations for remaining passengers and crew ongoing, authorities say.
The vessel capsized between Georgetown and Port Kaituma, with 53 people so far rescued.
The survivors were found clinging to a fish trap and floating debris at sea three days after the boat sank.
The mortal remains of Chennamma will be brought to Holenarasipur by Sunday (July 19, 2026) evening. The public will be allowed to pay their last respects to her at the residence of former Minister H. D. Revanna in Holenarasipur
Three more pupils died after Uganda’s school bus crash, raising the death toll to 23 students and one adult.
According to locals, a group of five persons, identified as Lakshmi, Bharathi, Suseela, Balaraju and Ramesh have drowned while they were fishing with the hand-held fishing nets.
Another police officer said the temperature around the furnace shot up to several degrees Celsius after the blast, making rescue operations extremely difficult
At least 14 people have been killed and five injured after a minibus in the Peruvian Andes lost control on a curve.
Dog owners have welcomed Hong Kong’s first wave of pet-friendly restaurants, but some have been disappointed by restrictive rules, confused staff and limited space, with one saying only half of her pet stroller could fit inside the premises. After months of anticipation, the Food and Environment Hygiene Department granted an initial 1,000 permits by lottery in June, and 940 restaurants opened their doors to dogs on July 9. Several businesses pulled out of the scheme days later, saying they...
Eleven people, including children, died in the fire that also injured 19 others.
Uganda halts school trips after bus crashes returning from waterfall field trip; at least a dozen also injured.
The South China Morning Post has documented Hong Kong’s deadly Tai Po blaze in a series of multimedia projects, from detailing the search and rescue mission to examining evidence revealed at public hearings set up to investigate the cause of the inferno. The fire, which engulfed the Wang Fuk Court residential complex last November, claimed 168 lives and displaced nearly 5,000 people, making it the city’s deadliest blaze in decades. For a deeper look at the causes of the tragedy, the “systemic...
A firefighter who was filmed eating in heavy rain during work breaks while dealing with the flood disaster in southwestern China has gone viral and touched millions of people on social media. A video taken by a passer-by in Guigang, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, circulated widely online, featuring Liang Huan, a firefighter from a station in Zhaoqing, southern Guangdong province. At noon on July 9, during a break between tasks, Liang opened a lunchbox to eat. However, a sudden downpour forced...