All news on the topic: Accidents

The unnamed mother said she was exhausted from a 17-hour labour and asked several times for the baby to be taken to the nursery at the Sandro Pertini hospital in Rome before the tragedy happened

Giorgia Green, 14, was found unresponsive in her bedroom after spraying her blanket in aerosol deodorant and wrapping herself inside - she died of a cardiac arrest

Airport handling agent Courtney Edwards, 34 from Alabama, US was sucked into a plane engine and killed after a tragic accident at Montgomery Regional Airport on New Year’s Eve

The boy, from Switzerland, was on a holiday break in Portugal when he swallowed the button battery. Doctors were able to remove the battery but he later sadly died

WARNING DISTRESSING IMAGES: Samantha D’Aprile, 19, a student from Illinois has told how she was making cookies when the boiling chocolate exploded in her face leaving her with burns

Video footage shows the horrifying moment a crane carrying eight people toppled over in the middle of a huge crowd at a festival in Tamil Nadu State, India. Four died and five were hurt in the tragedy

A 40-year-old man was injured after being hit by a bus in a 'hit and run' in Hounslow, West London, on Saturday night. He was admitted to hospital and died shortly after

Maddi Neale-Shankster fell from a 60ft balcony while on holiday with her partner and friends on New Year's Eve. After more than two weeks in hospital, she has returned home to Coventry

Jethro Middleton - a keen rugby player for Okehampton RFC - was with two friends when they scaled the roof, but then the teenager tragically fell onto the concrete floor underneath

A terrifying video captured the moment a huge object came crashing off a building in China in the direct path of a mother and her young son as they walked along the pavement

Accident and emergency doctor, John Torres, has given five useful pieces of advice that people should follow to prevent accidents and how to react when they happen

A dad-of-three has drowned at a beach in New South Wales, Australia, after going into the sea to try and rescue his 11-year-old daughter who got into trouble

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Xander, three, and Tanner, two, became engulfed in flames after an aerosol can exploded on June 3, 2022. The two boys survived but were left with severe scars and burns

Locals said that 27 people had been suffocated and sustained fractures during the incident in front of the Palm Trunk Stadium, where Iraq has been hosting the Arabian Gulf Cup

The teenager was climbing on a line close to a train bridge in the city of Gladstone in the Australian state of Queensland when the power pole exploded and sent him flying into the creek below

A security guard at the O2 Brixton Academy where two women died in a crush outside a gig by Afro-pop star Asake has said some would allow 'a couple of hundred' extra people into venues in exchange for bribe money

Spaniard Juan Florez Estada was on a trip through South America when he asked someone to take his picture above a beauty spot, before losing his footing and falling 40 foot

Macauley Owen, 26, Carreglfen, Anglesey, died after suffering serious injuries while working on a farm and now his family have paid tribute to him with his dad describing his "love for machinery"

Aviation expert Professor Ron Bartsch said there are challenging flying conditions in Nepal due to its thin atmosphere, strong winds and challenging runways at airports

Felisberto and Inalda Sampaio jumped into the sea to try and rescue their 13-year-old boy after they noticed he was struggling in the water on Camaçari Beach in João Pessoa City, Paraíba State, Brazil

Ruan Calum Crighton was among the names of passengers published by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. He was initially described as Irish by Nepalese authorities but he was travelling on a UK passport

A navy helicopter was flying low to scatter flowers and sweets for kids celebrating a National Children's Day event in Muang district, Thailand. It sent powerful downdrafts that caused the outdoor tents to collapse on people

Australian teacher Myron Love, 29, is feared dead after a plane crashed in Nepal on Sunday. He had been travelling through Asia when he boarded the ATR 72 Yeti airlines flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara

The woman borrowed her housemate's car to get to work and had a nasty crash on the way - she refusing to pay for damages and still wants to use the motor

Four brothers, aged four to 10, have all been killed when the ceiling of their bedroom collapsed in Argentina which is believed to have been caused by five tonnes of rubble stored on the roof