All news on the topic: Accidents

The victim, said to be a 71-year-old man, suffered fatal head and chest injuries in the tragedy in the popular tourist resort of Gandia, which sits between the Spanish cities of Valencia and Alicante

Nine-year-old Aiden was set to go to the cinema with his grandad but had gone to play outside before setting off. A neighbour called emergency services after seeing a hole in the ice and shoes nearby

Cleveland Police has confirmed a 70-year-old man died after a four vehicle crash on the Hartington Interchange from the A66 near Middlesbrough on Wednesday morning

John Stephens heard a loud noise outside his home in Bolton, Greater Manchester and ran out to find the man who lay dying was a member of his own family as two drivers have been jailed

A teenager, 19, was struck at close range by a gun club by another woman in Argyll, Scotland, during an event in what is being described as a "freak accident"

Chilling footage shows a group of brave wire walkers crossing a tightrope hung between two tower blocks in Belo Horizonte in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais

A Japanese man tragically died on Sunday after jumping off the Macau Tower in China, according to reports. An investigation is ongoing at the popular tourist attraction

Army reservist Steven MacLennan, 50, has told how he pulled an injured 43-year-old woman from rubble after a suspected gas explosion in Edinburgh that destroyed a home and killed a pensioner

People from Edinburgh rallied together to help a family that 'lost everything' in a suspected gas explosion which destroyed their home and killed an 84-year-old man

A man aged 25 was buried alive in the sand on Bribie Island in Australia after friends dug a hole and he fell in it head first. He is now fighting for his life in hospital

Arturas Rudys was playing for Wisbech Rugby Club in Cambridgeshire when he and another player had "chest to chest" contact, which led to his laceration to the heart

A 3-month-old baby boy was tragically killed by an Alabama family's pet wolf late Thursday afternoon, mauled to death by the pet and later pronounced dead at a local hospital

Grandfather Tommy Manns, 65, was killed in September 2020 when the van he was driving out of H Weston and Sons Limited's site in Ledbury, Herefordshire, crashed into a barrier

Squid Game actor Geoffrey Giuliano lost two of his toes when a builder working at his home dropped a chainsaw - he was then rushed to the hospital and is undergoing an operation

Tonnes of rocks fell from the 200ft cliff edge at Whipsiderry Beach - and members of the public are now being asked to stay away over fears of further coastal erosion

Two men, aged 49 and 60, were dragged from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Wigan on Tuesday by rescue teams, but Greater Manchester Police have confirmed both passed away

The great-grandmother was in the century-old property helping her daughter move out when she fell through the rotten floor in the kitchen and down the covered well

Danny G Liu, 75, had been riding a speedboat to go diving off Khai Island near Phuket when he fell face-down in the water on November 22 morning, according to local authorities

Tiffany McIntyre has revealed that her daughter Zahmira was killed in seconds after being sent to play in her room with a giant helium balloon

People were evacuated from Pakefield Holiday Park in Lowestoft, Suffolk, last night following reports of coastal erosion as the coastguard said the beach is 'dangerous'

The teenager is said to be 'in shock' after he passed up on a deadly camping trip to North Wales that claimed the lives of Jevon Hirst, 16, Harvey Owen, 17, Wilf Fitchett, 17, and Hugo Morris, 18

Officers sealed off the area around Camborne Railway Station in Cornwall this afternoon. Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed arrests were made and a gun was recovered

Ambulances and medics are on standby to help workers who are expected to be freed later today from a collapsed tunnel in India where they have been trapped for nearly two weeks

Emergency services rushed to Kidderminster Hospital in Worcestershire following unconfirmed reports of a 'chemical leak' - but it is understood that nobody needed medical treatment

A court has awarded over £1.5million in compensation to relatives of Jessica Hayes, 15, and Mikey Connelly, 13, who died during a parasailing accident in Rhodes, Greece