Thursday, January 28, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
US tourist drowns in rafting accident
New Zealand police say an American woman has died after becoming pinned under a rock during a family rafting trip on the Mohaka River in New Zealand's North Island.
Senior Sgt. Stuart Fleming says U.S. national Caroline Lackey, 59, from Kentucky, was rafting with her husband, son and daughter-in-law when they all fell out of the raft.
He says while the three other family members were carried downstream and managed to scramble ashore, Lackey became pinned under a rock and was believed to have drowned.
"It was a recreational rafting trip, a family one, and there were no commercial operators involved," he said Monday.
The woman's body was recovered by a rescue helicopter and taken to Hawke's Bay Hospital for an autopsy.
Senior Sgt. Stuart Fleming says U.S. national Caroline Lackey, 59, from Kentucky, was rafting with her husband, son and daughter-in-law when they all fell out of the raft.
He says while the three other family members were carried downstream and managed to scramble ashore, Lackey became pinned under a rock and was believed to have drowned.
"It was a recreational rafting trip, a family one, and there were no commercial operators involved," he said Monday.
The woman's body was recovered by a rescue helicopter and taken to Hawke's Bay Hospital for an autopsy.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Recent Accidents
Date: January 5, 2010 Time: 13:30
Location: Wheeling, Illinois
Operator: Royal Air Freight
AC Type: Gates Learjet 35
Reg: N720RA cn: 156
Aboard: 2 Fatalities: 2 Ground: 0
Route: Detroit, MI - Chicago, IL
Details: The cargo plane crashed into a forest reserve south of Chicago-Executive Airport while on approach, after being cleared to land.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
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Date: November 28, 2009 Time: 08:16
Location: Shanghai, China
Operator: Avient Aviation Flight: 324
AC Type: McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
Reg: Z-BAV cn: 48408/457
Aboard: 7 Fatalities: 3 Ground: 0
Route: Shanghai, China - Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Details: The cargo plane veered off the runway, crashed and burned after the tail struck the ground as it attempted to take off. Three of 7 crew members were killed.
Date: November 28, 2009 Time: 08:16
Location: Shanghai, China
Operator: Avient Aviation Flight: 324
AC Type: McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
Reg: Z-BAV cn: 48408/457
Aboard: 7 Fatalities: 3 Ground: 0
Route: Shanghai, China - Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Details: The cargo plane veered off the runway, crashed and burned after the tail struck the ground as it attempted to take off. Three of 7 crew members were killed.
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Date: November 29, 2009 Time: 16:10
Location: Lyall Harbour, BC, Canada
Operator: Seair Seaplanes
AC Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver MK- 1
Reg: C-GTMC cn: 1171
Aboard: 8 Fatalities: 6 Ground: 0
Route: Lyall Harbour - Vancouver
Details: The float plane crashed off Saturna Island after taking off from Lyall Harbour. A female passenger and the pilot survived.
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Date: November 29, 2009 Time: 16:10
Location: Lyall Harbour, BC, Canada
Operator: Seair Seaplanes
AC Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver MK- 1
Reg: C-GTMC cn: 1171
Aboard: 8 Fatalities: 6 Ground: 0
Route: Lyall Harbour - Vancouver
Details: The float plane crashed off Saturna Island after taking off from Lyall Harbour. A female passenger and the pilot survived.
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Monday, January 18, 2010
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Friday, January 8, 2010
Interesting Facts about Accidents
1. About 40% of crashes that are fatal involve alcohol. If the accident takes place between midnight and 3am the percentage increases to about 75%.
2. On average 15 pedestrian school children are killed by school buses each year. These deaths tend to take place between 3pm and 4pm on weekdays.
3. Survey's suggest that male drivers cause twice as many accidents as female drivers.
4. Different types of car accidents include head on collisions, rollovers, rear enders, suicides, side impacts and more. The most deadly of these accidents are the vehicle rollovers.
5. People between the ages of 16-20 face a higher chance of being injured or killed in a car crash over any other age group.
6. Most car accidents actually occur within 5 kilometres from home. There is a common misconception that car accidents occur while travelling to a vacation destination, but this is not the case.
7. Car accidents are the most common and most deadly source of personal injury in the world.
8. Cars that are more prone to accidents are sports cars and hatchbacks. Although cars that have a bigger engine that have the greatest chance in being in a car accident.
9. Each year, approximately 300,000 teens are injured in a car crash. In the United States alone 5,000 teens die each year. On average that equals to 14 teens a day.
10. Your chances of getting into a car crash while talking on a cellphone increases by 400%.
2. On average 15 pedestrian school children are killed by school buses each year. These deaths tend to take place between 3pm and 4pm on weekdays.
3. Survey's suggest that male drivers cause twice as many accidents as female drivers.
4. Different types of car accidents include head on collisions, rollovers, rear enders, suicides, side impacts and more. The most deadly of these accidents are the vehicle rollovers.
5. People between the ages of 16-20 face a higher chance of being injured or killed in a car crash over any other age group.
6. Most car accidents actually occur within 5 kilometres from home. There is a common misconception that car accidents occur while travelling to a vacation destination, but this is not the case.
7. Car accidents are the most common and most deadly source of personal injury in the world.
8. Cars that are more prone to accidents are sports cars and hatchbacks. Although cars that have a bigger engine that have the greatest chance in being in a car accident.
9. Each year, approximately 300,000 teens are injured in a car crash. In the United States alone 5,000 teens die each year. On average that equals to 14 teens a day.
10. Your chances of getting into a car crash while talking on a cellphone increases by 400%.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Qazi Hussain survives car accident
Updated at: 1920 PST, Saturday, December 12, 2009
NOWSHEHRA: Former Amir Jamat-e-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmed escaped unscathed in a road accident near Nowshehra on Saturday.
Qazi Hussain Ahmed and his staff remained safe while his car received minor damages.
Giving details of the accident, the former JI Amir said a vehicle being towed on Rashkai Interchange got suddenly loose and his car had a collision with it. Fortunately, my staff and I remained completely safe.
Pakistan Car Crash Accidents
In Pakistan there are about 26 deaths from road traffic accidents per 100,000 population, compared to Europe where the death rate averages is 14.5 per 100,000. According to a study conducted by the Aga Khan University in Karachi, governement statistics included only 56% of deaths and 4% of serious injuries and concluded that traffic fatalities are a much more serious health problem than is reported by the official statistics which show a death rate of 11.2 per 100,000. Pakistani Traffic Road Crash Photos, Stories? Send them to Car-Accidents.com we will post them here.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Patience is Something
Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead. ~ Mac McCleary
Recent Accidents
Date: November 29, 2009 Time: 16:10
Location: Lyall Harbour, BC, Canada
Operator: Seair Seaplanes
AC Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver MK- 1
Reg: C-GTMC cn: 1171
Aboard: 8 Fatalities: 6 Ground: 0
Route: Lyall Harbour - Vancouver
Details: The float plane crashed off Saturna Island after taking off from Lyall Harbour. A female passenger and the pilot survived.
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