No fewer than five people lost their lives in an accident that occurred at Mpape, a settlement close to the Maitama District of Abuja, on Thursday. The PUNCH gathered that the accident occurred when a truck conveying sand had a brake failure. Confirming the incident, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FCT Command, Chorrie Mutaa, said the corps rescue team “recovered five dead bodies and 10 injured […]
Four women have died and 13 other people were seriously injured in Kenya during a crush before an event to celebrate Heroes, or Mashujaa, Day. The accident occurred outside a stadium in Kericho County in Kenya's Rift Valley region. Thousands of Kenyans had camped outside the venue, waiting to be let in by security officers when the crash happened. You Can Also Read: Kenya To End Deal With Cuban Doctors Police […]
Luis Ángel N., a 32-year-old pilot, has died after his plane crashed during a gender reveal in Sinaloa, Mexico. Reports say the pilot was hired by the happy couple, who were celebrating their pregnancy with family and friends, to fly his small jet over them and dump either pink or blue colored powder to indicate the gender of the baby. But as the Cessna plane came into the frame filling […]
Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of Wagner, a private military company, has been killed in a plane crash. BBC reported that Prigozhin was among 10 passengers on board a private jet that crashed in the north of Moscow, the capital of Russia, on Wednesday, August 23, 2023. The Russian Civil Aviation Authority said seven passengers and three crew were on board the Embraer aircraft, which was en route from Moscow to St. […]
A small plane has crashed into a hangar at an airfield near the Polish capital Warsaw, killing five people including its pilot, officials say. Eight people were also injured in the crash, police say. Thirteen people had reportedly been sheltering from bad weather in the hangar. The fire brigade said poor weather was a "probable cause" of the crash. Four helicopters and 10 ambulances were dispatched to the scene of […]
Three people were killed in a helicopter crash in southeastern Congo, said local authorities on Tuesday. The helicopter, owned by a mining corporation, crashed at noon on Monday as it was traveling from one mine to another. It was found in a ravine in the cobalt-rich province of Lualaba, said Guy Sha Hemwa, a local government official in the area. The victims were subcontractors for the Boss Mining company and […]
No fewer than 11 passengers died in a crash that injured eight others around the Ovia Bridge on the Edo State end of the Benin-Lagos Expressway on Thursday. PUNCH Metro gathered that the crash which occurred around 11am involved a Toyota Hiace 18-seater bus and a truck belonging to the Dangote truck. The driver of the truck was said to be heading towards Benin, Edo State when he rammed into the […]
