A version of this story appeared in the May 18 edition of CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on Britain’s royal family. Sign up here. London CNN — There’s no denying the echoes to the late Princess Diana’s 1997 death in a car crash in Paris. More than 25 years […]
CNN — A head-on collision between a bus and a cash-in-transit van left 20 people dead on Monday on a major road in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province, with dozens taken to hospital, transport officials and emergency medical company said. After the crash, the bus rolled from a bridge on the N1 freeway into a […]
CNN — Hundreds of Quebecers wept openly Thursday as they visited a makeshift memorial stacked with teddy bears, flowers and notes of condolence after the shocking deaths of two children in a day care near Montreal. Six other children were injured when a city bus in Laval, Quebec, crashed into the day care Wednesday. The […]
Ottawa CNN — Two children were killed and six were injured when a city bus crashed into a day care center in a Montreal suburb Wednesday morning, authorities said. The driver of the bus, whom police said is a city transport employee, was arrested. Prosecutors said 51-year-old Pierre Ny St-Amand now faces two counts of […]
CNN — At least 40 people were killed Sunday and many others seriously injured in a bus crash in central Senegal, according to the country’s president. “I am deeply saddened by today’s tragic road accident in Gniby, where 40 people died and many were seriously injured. I send my heartfelt condolences to the families of […]
CNN — A bus accident in southern British Columbia, Canada, on Christmas Eve has left more than 50 people hospitalized, officials say. Medical teams at three area hospitals are treating at least 53 individuals, according to local health authority Interior Health, which said late Saturday the accident on Highway 97C triggered a “Code Orange” response […]
CNN — For women, the consequences of a car crash are often far deadlier than for men. According to Verity Now, a US-based campaign group striving to achieve equity in vehicle safety, women are 73% more likely to be injured – and 17% more likely to die – in a vehicle crash. Earlier this year, […]
New York CNN Business — Shares of used car marketplace Carvana continued to plummet Monday, falling over 50% over the past two trading days, following a volatile downward trend that began after the company shared third-quarter results Thursday. Shares dropped 15% Monday to close the day at $7.39 a share, continuing a downward trajectory that […]
London CNN Business — The Bank of England is struggling to contain a crisis triggered by the UK government’s brash plans to borrow heavily to pay for tax cuts, feeding fears that the country’s financial markets could once again spin out of control. Almost 20 days after Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng unveiled his much-criticized plan […]