Tag: Accidents
Elephant kills zookeeper with blow from trunk in Spain
<p>MADRID — Authorities in Spain’s northern Cantabria region are investigating how an elephant killed a worker at a local zoo.</p>
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Virgin Galactic delays spaceflight test to May
<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Spaceflight company Virgin Galactic has postponed its next mission to space from New Mexico until at least May after a December...
Elephant kills zookeeper with blow from trunk in Spain
MADRID — Authorities in Spain’s northern Cantabria region are investigating how an elephant killed a worker at a local zoo.
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Virgin Galactic delays spaceflight test to May
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Spaceflight company Virgin Galactic has postponed its next mission to space from New Mexico until at least May after a December...
Avalanche danger high, 32 deaths confirmed this season
DENVER — Snowboarder Maurice Kervin glided into the snow along the steep terrain in the Colorado backcountry like he's done so many times.
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Truck collides with train in Texas, causing large explosion
CAMERON, Texas — A tractor-trailer and a freight train collided Tuesday morning in central Texas, causing a large explosion and fire, authorities said.
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Truck collides with train in Texas, causing large explosion
<p>CAMERON, Texas — A tractor-trailer and a freight train collided Tuesday morning in central Texas, causing a large explosion and fire, authorities said.</p>
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Zookeeper attacked by lion in Germany suffers injuries
BERLIN — A zookeeper in northwestern Germany was attacked Sunday by a lion as she cleaned its cage, authorities said.
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Nigerian military plane crashes near capital airport, 7 dead
LAGOS, Nigeria — A military plane crashed in Nigeria on Sunday, killing all seven people on board, said officials.
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Former Polish dissident Litynski drowns trying to save dog
WARSAW, Poland — Rescue officials were searching Monday for the body of Jan Litynski, a Polish communist-era dissident and democracy-era politician who drowned in...