All news on the topic: Accidents

Marie Kealy, from Timahoe, County Laois, told an inquest her daughter Hannah was nervous about being back at carer Ann McDonald's house following the childminder's holiday

The tight-knit community in New Cumnock, Ayrshire, has expressed its sorrow after Naomi Ferrans was struck while riding her bike and was declared dead at the scene

WARNING, GRAPHIC IMAGES: Teegun William, eight, punctured his kidney when he fell from a pillar outside a church in Cwmparc, Wales, and had to be rushed to hospital, to the shock of his mother

A pair of brothers went on a hike in 1975 in a national park in California. Their hair began to stand on end when they reached the peak of a granite mountain, and then they were struck by lightning

Officers from Hampshire Constabulary's Marine Unit were seen combing Kingsley Pond where little Annabel Mackey, two, was found unconscious on Sunday after she vanished

The woman was using a public footpath - an access route near Welshpool in Powys, Wales - when she was trampled, and now Dyfed Powys Police are investigating the tragedy

Millie Taylor, 13, was meant to be enjoying an afternoon out with her family on Saturday when the awful incident happened that left her needing emergency surgery

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The young woman was on holiday at Haynes Cay on the Colombian island of San Andrés in the Caribbean when the tragic incident took place

Joney Jose Silva da Luz was driving a boat on the Cuiabá River in Barão de Melgaço, Brazil, when it collided with another vessel. His corpse was found with multiple bites from piranhas

Joshua Slater was last week hit by a Land Rover on Catterick Garrison, an Army base near Richmond, North Yorkshire, and has today been described as a "bundle of joy"

The little girl was found in Kingsley Pond near Bordon, Hampshire, and, amid an ongoing investigation, Hampshire Police have now arrested a woman on suspicion of murder

Mike Evans, 75, died after he came off the runway while gliding and hit trees as he landed at the Santa Cilia aerodrome near the northern Spanish city of Jaca yesterday

Kelsey Grennan, 25, was trapped in her small Honda Civic after it crumpled around her in the driving seat following a collision with a truck on a wet and winding road in Quogue, New York

A police officer launched into action after witnessing a pickup truck plunge into a Pennsylvania river. He swam out and saved the young girl before guiding her father back to shore

The family of Matthew Chapman, the driver of a car involved in a collision with a 52-seater bus on the Cleddau Bridge, have paid tribute to the beloved son, brother and fiancé

The twin four-year-olds had been put to bed at their Jacksonville, Florida, home before sneakily getting up to play as they often did before finding somewhere strange to fall asleep

Emily Roman, who lived in Crosshaven, County Cork, got into difficulty at the seaside in nearby Fountainstown and, after a frantic three-hour search, her body was pulled from the water

Parents are being warned to ensure their children's toy chests are safe after twins from Florida Aurora and Kellan suffocated to death inside a toy box after becoming trapped late last month in a horrific tragedy

A 39-year-old pedestrian has been left fighting for his life after he was hit by an ambulance on its way to an emergency call in Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

The 76-year-old mother was left fearing the worst when her daughter rang her to say she'd had a terrifying accident on her horse after it was chased by two dogs

In a heartbreaking Facebook post, Sadie Myers details the tragic accidental suffocation of her two-year-old twins, who had unknowingly closed themselves inside a wooden toy chest

"Fun loving" Lewi Sullivan was killed in a tragic accident while out with his friends when he fell from a rope swing, with tributes paid by his family and friends

The youngster had been playing in what appeared to be a very safe area of the bay in Fountainstown, Co. Cork, before a huge wave hit and carried the children into the sea

Missouri police must answer the parents of the five-year-old boy who they hit with a stun gun during a Labor Day festival while trying to break up a fight

Matthew Rycroft had been 'drinking throughout the day' before attempting to drive home from his parents' house with his son Ryan, who was later struck by a vehicle on the M62