All news on the topic: Accidents

Leo Moran, 44, and Joel Carriedo, 47, were both killed despite the efforts of medics at the scene after a 'rampaging' car struck them and smashed into a house

Several injured bus passengers and its driver are currently trapped on the Cleddau Bridge in Pembrokeshire, Wales, after an incident collided with another vehicle

Around 60 to 80 students celebrating Labor Day on a pier near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus plunged into a lake after the structure suddenly collapsed

John Edward Jones tragically lost his life while exploring Utah's unmapped Nutty Putty Cave in 2009, becoming trapped upside-down and ultimately perishing after a failed rescue attempt

Abby Hay, from Edinburgh, fell down 18 steps after her pet chihuahua Rue got between her feet on the stairs at home, accidentally sending her flying and leaving her with broken bones and torn ligaments

Sophia Moore had been out on a shopping trip with her mum one day when she was younger, trying on clothes, but the next moment she was left unable to walk and in agony

Wallace Hunter, 75, was staying at a hotel when he suffered fatal burns in a scalding hot bath behind a bolted door, as his family, other guests and emergency services desperately tried to save him

Sam Norton, a young runner from Massachusetts, collapsed and died at the 23rd mile of the Santa Rosa Marathon in California. He was running for a nonprofit supporting substance use disorder treatment and prevention

A beloved math teacher from Sedona, Arizona, was found dead in Bryce Canyon National Park after she failed to check in hours after beginning her 8-mile trek. Flash flooding may have been to blame

Five men were killed and two others were hopitalised after being struck by a freight train as they carried out maintenance work on the Milan to Turin line on Wednesday night

The deaths of Kyrees Sullivan, 16, and Harvey Evans, 15, sparked massive riots in Cardiff, with the Independent Office for Police Conduct now confirming an officer is under investigation

Lily-Mae West suffered serious injuries to her face, including 15 broken bones and a brain injury, when she was knocked over by a zorb while on holiday last year

Trapped in sweltering heat, paralysed Missouri woman Megan Oxley died in her car after it ran out of gas but her young nieces managed to escape the same fate

Lake Lanier has built quite the reputation as one of the most haunted bodies of water in America and the world. On Saturday, a 23-year-old man became the seventh person to die on the lake this year

The trio had been going down in the elevator in a block of flats in the city of Changsha, Hunan Province, when it plummeted to the ground, suddenly throwing them into the air

Renowned jiu-jitsu master Octavio Couto Da Silva tragically fell to his death from a wall during a friend's wedding in Italy's Lake Como, leaving behind a legacy as a 6th Degree Black belt

A security guard was rushed to hospital via an air ambulance after being seriously injured while helping to clear up at the Creamfields festival site on Monday afternoon

James O'Driscoll fled the scene of the crash with his car keys - only to be discovered nearby by police soon afterwards, where he also refused to supply a blood sample

Led by Will Schwarz, a team of divers discovered the cargo vessel SS Express 80m deep near Orkney on the second day of a very carefully orchestrated expedition

Married couple Philip and Elaine Marco died on Saturday night after their black Mercedes got stuck in exactly the same spot, which appears to be prone to flooding

Erin Patterson, 48, was accused of deliberately killing her in-laws, Gail and Don Patterson, Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson and her husband Ian, after serving them a deadly mushroom at the end of July

Locals have expressed concern over the dip underneath the bridge in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, which they say is prone to flooding during heavy downpours, and called for the local council to take action

Amie Coltman suffered serious injuries in a tuk-tuk crash in Nicaragua and, though this is a common mode of transport in the country, her insurance company wouldn't pay out

Olwen Collier, 69, died when she fell into the cellar of the Stag and Pheasant in Carmel, Carmarthenshire, seven months ago, leaving her family waiting for answers

At least one person has been confirmed dead and dozens injured after a massive explosion at a petrol station in Romania, followed by another when the flames spread