A small plane has crashed into a home in northern Germany, killing at least one person. Police say the crash happened Saturday in Ganderkesee in the northern state of Lower Saxony. The plane was carrying two people. One person is confirmed dead, and the other is missing. Rescue teams are searching for the missing individual. The residents of the house were not home during the crash. A crisis intervention team is on-site to support witnesses and those nearby. Authorities evacuated residents within 100 meters of the crash site. Power was temporarily cut off along the road for safety reasons.
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A road accident between two buses on a highway linking the Syrian capital with Deir el-Zour in the east has killed at least 35 people. State media reported the crash on Saturday. A health ministry official said 30 people were wounded in the collision between a civilian and Interior Ministry bus on the desert highway. Syrian military helicopters are assisting in the evacuation of the bodies and wounded individuals.
The pilot of a float plane that crashed on a remote island near Washington’s border with Canada changed course to avoid a thunderstorm before it went down. All 11 people on board were injured in the crash Thursday, but a swift rescue by nearby boats and a helicopter crew got everyone safely to hospitals. Kenmore Air, which operated the flight, said Friday the pilot changed the flight path to avoid a weather system. It remains unclear what caused the crash. By Friday afternoon three people remained in hospitals, all in satisfactory condition. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.
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The Trump administration wants soldiers to consider becoming truck drivers when they leave the military. Officials hope they can replace the tens of thousands of immigrant drivers who have lost their licenses in a crackdown this year. A new campaign launched Friday will promote programs that allow veterans who recently drove large military vehicles to be able to skip the required skills test to get a commercial driver’s license. Other soldiers can attend a commercial driving school during their last six months of active duty. The GI Bill will also pay for 100% of commercial driver’s license training and for some people even pay a housing allowance while they are in school.
A tugboat captain has pleaded guilty to causing a deadly Miami collision that killed three girls from a sailing camp last summer. Court records show that 47-year-old Yusiel Lopez Insua pleaded guilty on Tuesday to seaman’s manslaughter. The charge carries up to 10 years in federal prison, but prosecutors have recommended a year in prison followed by six months of home detention as part of a plea agreement. A judge will make the final decision. Officials say Lopez Insua was piloting a tugboat pushing a construction barge across Biscayne Bay last July when the barge ran over a stalled sailboat. A counselor and two girls escaped, but three girls were trapped in the wreckage and drowned.
Authorities have recovered the bodies of 13 workers trapped inside a collapsed hydropower tunnel in India. The government of the Himalayan state of Sikkim says rescue operations concluded Thursday after coordinated efforts by multiple agencies. The death toll rose to 25 in the four days after a gas explosion ripped through the tunnel on Monday at the 500-megawatt Teesta Hydroelectric Project in Sikkim. The project is about 40 kilometers south of the state capital Gangtok. Construction accidents are not uncommon in India, where rapid infrastructure growth often collides with fragile geology, construction lapses, extreme weather and safety standards.
The wreckage from a Pan Am plane crash in the ocean 74 years ago that helped lead to requirements for the passenger safety briefings on every flight today has been found off the coast of Puerto Rico. The talks flight attendants deliver about how to inflate a life vest or find the exits on a plane that are routine today were developed after 52 people perished aboard Pan Am’s Clipper Endeavor because they didn’t get off the plane before it sank. Explorers used an autonomous sonar drone to find the fuselage and tail of the DC-4 last month under 2,000 feet of water.
Georgia running back Dante Dowdell was injured in a recent off-campus accident and Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart didn’t offer specifics. ESPN reported that Dowdell was involved in an ATV accident. The outlet confirmed with Smart that Dowdell is receiving care at Shepherd Center in Atlanta, a medical facility specializing in treatment and rehabilitation for spinal cord and brain injuries. Dowdell transferred to Georgia after rushing for 560 yards and three scores last season for Kentucky. The tailback from Picayune, Mississippi, was slated to compete for carries behind starter Nate Frazier.
A suspected gas explosion has caused a tunnel collapse at a hydropower project in India's Sikkim state, near the Chinese border, leaving at least 12 people dead and 13 missing. The blast occurred Monday at Samardung village, about 40 kilometers from Gangtok, during construction on the Teesta hydroelectric project. Survivors reported hearing a loud explosion before debris trapped dozens inside. Six officials from the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation, who entered to assist, also became trapped. Rescue teams face hazardous conditions due to toxic gases. The region's geology and seismic activity make such projects risky.
New estimates show road deaths are declining in the U.S. and globally. A study published Monday in Lancet Public Health reveals global road injuries and deaths each fell more than 30% from 1990 to 2023. However, progress varies by country, with poorer nations seeing less improvement. In the U.S., traffic deaths rose until 2021 but have since declined. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported fatalities peaked at over 43,000 in 2021 and dropped to about 36,600 last year. The World Health Organization has prioritized road safety for over two decades, and a U.N. meeting this week is addressing this issue.