30/01/2013 | Argentina

Pinamar: Police after hit-and-run driver, one hospitalised

It surfaced this morning that a man was hit on Sunday by a luxurious truck that ran away as he was exercising on a beach in Pinamar. According to first reports police is still trying to identify the driver but local journalistic investigations aim to the son of a renowned businessman.

03/02/2013 | Argentina

Pinamar: 11-year-old in a coma after quad bike accident

An 11-year-old is in a coma after hitting his head in a quad bike accident in Pinamar, police officials said.

06/05/2013 | Argentina

Business tycoon Garfunkel in coma after car accident

Argentine business tycoon Matías Garfunkel has been hospitalized in serious health conditions after having suffered a major car crash in San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro province.

09/06/2012 | Argentina

Teenager killed in rock climbing accident in Mendoza

A nineteen-year-old teen was killed this morning after falling some 200 metres when he was rock climbing in the touristic area of Valle Grande in the southern part of Mendoza province.

17/06/2012 | Argentina

Two killed in car accident in Avellaneda

Two men were killed in a car accident in the Greater Buenos Aires district of Avellaneda, police officials said.

28/12/2012 | Argentina

Accident on Argentina-Chile border kills five

Five people were killed and 22 injured today after a coach and a truck collided, on the Argentine border with Chile in Mendoza province.

05/05/2012 | Argentina

Ten injured in Almagro bus crash

Ten people were injured after a bus crashed against two parked cars in the City neighbourhood of Almagro. The driver of a bus of line 168 lost control of the vehicle and collided with two parked cars at the intersection of Corrientes and Pringles streets.

28/05/2012 | Argentina

Aeroparque flights back to normal after dense fog

Flights at the Aeroparque Metropolitan Airport resumed today after poor visibility caused by mist and banks of fog in Buenos Aires City caused traffic complications, flight delays and accidents thoughout the city.

09/06/2012 | Argentina

Three dead in Catamarca car accident

Three young people died and two were critically injured as the car they were riding turned over in Catamarca province.

22/02/2012 | Argentina

Gov't announces two days of mourning

22/02/2012 | Argentina

CFK expresses 'deep sorrow' for crash victims

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner expressed her “deep regret over the death of citizens in the train tragedy that took place this morning” and send her condolences to the victims’ families.

07/04/2012 | Argentina

Ten people die in long distance coach accident in Jujuy

Ten people died and sixty were injured as a long distance coach crashed in Bárcena, Jujuy province on Friday.

04/01/2012 | Argentina

Eight injured as passengers fall off San Martin train

Eight people were seriously injured as they fell off a car of the San Martin train line as it crossed over Pacífico Bridge in Palermo, over the intersection of Juan B Justo and Santa Fe avenues. Doctors had to amputate the leg of one of the injured.

18/02/2012 | Argentina

Five dead in Santa Fe car accident

Five people died after a car crashed into a bus on route 34 in Santa Fe province early this morning. The crash took place near the locality of La Rubia, when a Renault Megane collided headfirst into a bus. The five people who were riding in the car died, while the bus driver was injured.

22/02/2012 | Argentina

'Should this have happened on Carnival holiday, it would've been less terrible,' Schiavi

Transport Secretary Juan Pablo Schiavi stated during an appearance before journalists -questions were not allowed-  that the train was slowing down as it entered the station, but “it did not stop,” and assured that “we have enough material” to determine the causes of the accident.

10/11/2011 | Argentina

11-year-old boy involved in fatal Chacabuco accident dies

An 11-year-old boy who remained hospitalized in Junín since last week after the van he was riding in collided head-on with a truck, died on Thursday due to the serious injuries he sustained during the accident. Eight other people had also died as a result of the crash.

21/11/2011 | Argentina

Plane crash in Mercedes kills 2

Two airplanes collided midflight this morning, consequently crash landing and killing two people. The accident took place in the outer areas of Mercedes, Buenos Aires province.

26/12/2011 | Argentina

At least 16 dead in road accidents

15/09/2011 | Argentina

At least 90 injured after bus, tram and lorry collide in Bajo Flores

At least ninety people were injured, after a 76-line bus, a cement lorry and Premetro tram crashed into one another in Bajo Flores neighbourhood.

19/09/2011 | Argentina

'Gov't hasn't brought train underground works to a halt'

Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández called to be “careful” about the many hypotheses that are being studied over the fatal train accident occurred in Flores last week, when a train swept a bus, derail and ended up crashing against another train coming in the opposite direction with a cost of 11 lives. 

21/10/2011 | Argentina

Three dead after train and truck collide in Bolívar

Three men died and another was badly injured, after a train and truck collided in the Greater Buenos Aires area of Bolívar, police sources informed.

21/07/2011 | Argentina

Police officer who killed man in San Telmo to testify before court

The Federal Police officer whose gun went off accidently yesterday - firing a shot and consequently killing passing-by pedestrian Ariel Domínguez, was kept last night under custody of the Border Patrol. Today he is to make a statement in court over the incident.

03/09/2011 | Argentina

Multiple traffic accident in Luján: three fatalities

Three teenagers were killed this morning and another eighteen people were injured following a multiple traffic accident between a school bus, a truck and six cars, along the final part of the Autopista de Oeste highway at the junction with Buenos Aires province area of Luján.

13/09/2011 | Argentina

Train crash in Flores leaves 11 dead

23/04/2011 | Argentina

One dead, two injured in Ramos Mejía bus crash

The accident occurred at around 6AM this morning along Rivadavia Avenue at 13000, when two buses crashed into a car. A young man was killed and another two were injured, who were then sent to a local hospital to be treated. Police are investigating the cause of the crash.

07/05/2011 | Argentina

Multiple car accidents leave three dead, many injured

Two fatal car accidents occurred in Buenos Aires province this morning, claiming the lives of three people, and injuring four. One person died this morning, and four people injured after two vehicles crashed into one another in San Justo, in Buenos Aires province.

10/05/2011 | Argentina

Suspect in flare gun death arrested in Bahía Blanca

The Buenos Aires police arrested suspect Iván Fontán, the man who allegedly fired a flare gun during a concert of rock band La Renga, causing the death of 32-year old Miguel Rodríguez. Fontán was found in his home in Bahía Blanca, after police conducted several raids in that city.

11/03/2011 | Argentina

Lorry crash in Pilar leaves one dead, traffic delays

Two lorries crashed along the Panamerican highway, along motorway route 8 towards the Capital, killing one and injuring another person involved in the accident.

24/03/2011 | Argentina

Multiple traffic accidents overnight cause 6 deaths

Multiple traffic accidents caused six deaths overnight into this morning, as a couple and their baby were killed along motorway 7 at kilometre 320 after crashing into a coach. Another accident occurred last night along motorway 34 in Santa Fé leaving 3 dead and one seriously injured.

25/03/2011 | Argentina

Multiple traffic accidents, death toll rises to 15

At least fifteen people have died in recent hours as a consequence of traffic accidents and crashes along different motorways across the country. Most have occurred in the Buenos Aires province, largely due to the huge influx of traffic headed toward tourist towns.

02/02/2011 | Argentina

Fire at geriatric home in Córdoba, one dead, two injured

An elderly man has died and two others injured after a room caught fire inside a geriatric facility for the elderly in Córdoba. The incident took place in the “Vida Sana” old people’s home, located in the south-east of the city.

08/02/2011 | Argentina

La Plata Bingo ceiling collapses, eight injured

A part of the ceiling of the La Plata Bingo building collapsed this morning in slot machine area of gaming hall. At least eight people have been hurt, some of which have been transferred to the Gutiérrez hospital with minor injuries.

18/02/2011 | Argentina

Seven train accident victims remain in hospital

Seven of the train accident victims are still hospitalised in various provincial facilities, wounded from the crash incident, when two trained collided in San Miguel two days ago.

15/01/2011 | Argentina

One dead, 17 injured in accident in Pan-American highway

A youngster died, and at least 17 people injured, two of which serious, when a lorry crashed into five cars on the Pan-American highway at the junction of Campana in the Buenos Aires Province.

18/01/2011 | Argentina

Family attacked while driving in Luján, thirteen-year-old dies

The incident occurred early this morning when a family were driving through the western part of the Buenos Aires Province, police informed. They were attacked by three delinquents, and one of the children in the car lost his life, and the other badly injured.

19/01/2011 | Argentina

Motorcyclist dies after colliding with a bus in Córdoba province

A motorcyclist has died after crashing into a passenger bus along a main road in the province of Córdoba. The collision, which took place 28km south of Córdoba city, caused many passengers to be injured, who were on the bus during impact.

14/01/2012 | World

Three dead, 40 missing in Italian ship disaster

10/07/2011 | World

At least 26 killed in north India rail accident

At least 26 people were killed and more than 150 injured in northern India when nearly a dozen coaches of a passenger train were derailed, officials said, raising safety concerns in a country where 30 million people use the railways daily.

20/08/2011 | World

Jet crashes in Canadian Arctic, 12 killed

Twelve people were killed when a First Air jet crashed near Resolute Bay in the far north of the Canadian Arctic, but three people survived, the airline said.

06/01/2012 | World

Hot air balloon crash kills 11 in New Zealand

A hot air balloon burst into flames and crashed in New Zealand, killing all 11 people on board in the country's worst air accident in more than three decades.

07/04/2013 | Latin America

Seven die in Modelo brewery accident in Mexico City

An accident at a Mexico City brewery killed seven people, Corona beermaker Grupo Modelo said.

03/12/2011 | Latin America

Brazil: 36 dead and 11 injured after two trucks and bus crash in Bahía

Thirty-six people died today and eleven were injured after a two trucks and a bus crashed in the Brazilian city of Milagres, in Bahía province, Brazil’s Federal Transport Police informed. The bus was carrying illegal workers, which was making it harder for officials to identify bodies.

10/04/2012 | Latin America

Peru says rescue of 9 trapped miners imminent

Rescuers were closing in on nine workers trapped inside a wildcat mine in southern Peru and officials said they could be pulled to the surface within hours after spending five days underground.

08/06/2012 | Latin America

18 dead and 37 injured after coach crashes in Bolivia

At least eighteen people were killed and thirty-seven injured, after a passenger coach skidded off a main road and fell some 120 metres into a ravine along los Yungas routeway, in the area of La Paz.

19/02/2011 | Latin America

Seating area collapses in Perú stadium, 117 injured

A metal seating area collapsed in the national Monumental Stadium in Lima yesterday evening, causing 117 people to be injured, with 14 severe cases. The accident happened at the opening event for the youth football Crema Championship.

03/04/2011 | Latin America

France says locates wreckage from Atlantic crash

France has discovered what appears to be part of an Air France aircraft that crashed in the Atlantic almost two years ago killing all 228 people on board, accident investigators said.

04/05/2011 | Latin America

Coal mine accident in Mexico: 5 bodies found

Rescue teams found five bodies inside of a mine in the municipality of Sabinas, Northern Mexico. Fourteen workers were trapped and feared dead after an explosion at the coal mine.

24/06/2011 | Sports

Costa Rica international Marshall killed in car crash

Costa Rica defender Dennis Marshall, who six days ago scored a goal at the CONCACAF Gold Cup, was killed in a road accident, the football player's agent said.

20/02/2012 | Sports

Banega to undergo surgery, unavailable for 6 months

Valencia C.F have announced on their official website that Argentine centre-half Ever Banega will undergo surgery and could be out of action for up to six months after sustaining a fractured tibia and calf bone in curious circumstances this past weekend.

10/01/2013 | Sports

Two killed in crash at Dakar Rally

Two people have died and seven were injured in a three-vehicle accident during the Dakar Rally according to race organizers.

02/01/2013 | Entertainment

Justin Bieber calls paparazzo death tragic, urges action

Pop star Justin Bieber called the death of a paparazzo, who was chasing his white Ferrari in Los Angeles, a tragic accident and said he hoped it would spur action to safeguard the lives of celebrities, police and photographers.

05/04/2012 | Entertainment

'CSI' actor Gary Sinise cancels gigs after car accident

"CSI:NY" star Gary Sinise has pulled out of several musical concerts with his band, and other appearances, after being injured in a car accident last week, his spokeswoman said.

26/06/2012 | Entertainment

Rapper 50 Cent injured in car accident

The rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson has been released from a hospital after suffering minor injuries when his SUV was involved in a traffic accident early Tuesday morning in New York, according to Jackson's publicist.

22/10/2012 | Entertainment

New York court date in Lindsay Lohan car accident case cancelled

Embattled US actress Lindsay Lohan appears to be off the hook after being arrested for leaving the scene of an accident last month when her Porsche allegedly clipped a pedestrian in an alley behind an upscale Manhattan hotel.

25/10/2011 | Entertainment

Aerosmith's Tyler falls, delays Paraguay show

Steven Tyler, the lead singer of rock band Aerosmith, suffered a "small accident" that forced him to postpone a planned show in Paraguay by one day, a local concert organizer said.

27/10/2011 | Entertainment

Steven Tyler says was sober in hotel room fall

Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler said he was sober when he fell in the shower in his Paraguay hotel room earlier this week.

26/12/2011 | Entertainment

Luis Ventura's wife, son unharmed after car accident

The wife and son of famed show business journalist and Intrusos co-host Luis Ventura were unharmed after their car overturned while driving near San José de Mayo, in Uruguay.

05/01/2011 | Entertainment

Guitarrist 'Tavo' Kupinski dies in tragic traffic accident

One of the most influential Argentine rockers, Gustavo Kupinski died in a tragic car accident whilst driving along motorway 63 late yesterday afternoon. The accident took place at kilometre 12, between routes 2 and 11, in the Province of Buenos Aires.

07/05/2011 | Entertainment

David Beckham in car accident, unhurt

Football star David Beckham was at the wheel of a Cadillac that struck another vehicle on a Los Angeles-area freeway, but he was not injured or cited in the collision, police said.

30/05/2011 | Entertainment

Hip-hop star Sean Kingston stable after water crash

Chart-topping hip-hop star Sean Kingston remained hospitalized in intensive care, a day after his personal watercraft hit a bridge in Miami Beach, a spokesman for his record label said.