4 Dead After Train Hits Tour Bus Stuck On Tracks
Four people were killed when a bus carrying senior citizens on a casino outing collided with a freight train Tuesday in Biloxi, Mississippi, officials said.
March 8, 2017
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Mississippi
Texas
Philadelphia Fitness Center Blaze Ignited By Roofers Welding
A four-alarm fire severely damaged the Aquatic and Fitness Center in Northeast Philadelphia. Within minutes of the Monday morning fire, witnesses say the AFC located at 3600 Grant Avenue was fully engulfed.
March 7, 2017
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Subrogation
Pennsylvania
Four Apartments Destroyed By Fire In Tampa Complex
A three-alarm fire at The Province Apartments destroyed four units on Thursday, off-campus housing for University of South Florida students near Busch Gardens. One firefighter was injured.
March 3, 2017
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Florida
Insurer May Pay $25M For Damaged Seattle Wastewater Plant
Damage to the crippled West Point wastewater-treatment plant in Seattle could cost more than $25 million to repair and might have happened after a power surge knocked out two pumps, resulting in major flooding, according to new details from King County.
February 28, 2017
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Washington
1 Killed, 26 Injured In Tour Bus Collision In Mojave Desert
One person was killed and 26 others were injured Monday when a charter bus collided with two vehicles on State Route 58 in the Mojave Desert, authorities said.
February 28, 2017
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California
Small Plane Crashes Into Two California Homes
A small plane crashed into two houses in Riverside, Calif., Monday evening, killing at least fou person and injuring two others. The Cessna 310 aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from Riverside Municipal Airport.
February 28, 2017
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California
New Albany Luxury Apartments Damaged By Fire
Fire crews battled a blaze Saturday morning that damaged part of a $26.5 million luxury apartment complex under construction in New Albany.
February 27, 2017
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Indiana
Contractors Burned In Explosion After Track Hoe Hit Gas Pipe
Four people have been hospitalized with burns after a truck hit a gas line in Wagoner County Thursday night. Emergency personnel say private contractors were working with a track hoe when they struck a natural gas pipe, causing the explosion.
February 27, 2017
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Oklahoma
Fatal Plane Crash Is The Second In Five Months For Flight School
The small plane that crashed Wednesday in a marsh near Tweed-New Haven Airport during a training flight, killing one man and seriously injuring another, was owned by the same company that had a plane crash in East Hartford last year, federal records show.
February 23, 2017
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Connecticut
Car Cuts Off Semi With Fatal Results
Two people are dead after a semi truck carrying ammunition crashed on Interstate 40 near Ozark on Wednesday (Feb. 22), according to Franklin County Sheriff Anthony Boen.
February 23, 2017
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Arkansas
Race Car Wrecks Into Pit, Bystanders At Florida Speedway
Three people were rushed to the hospital after a sprint car crashed into the crowd at the Volusia Speedway Park Sunday evening.
February 21, 2017
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Florida
Luckiest Pilot Survives Plane Crash In New Jersey Street
A small plane spun out of control over Bayonne, NJ, and crashed into the street, smashing into parked cars and spilling wreckage along the sidewalk Sunday, officials said.
February 20, 2017
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New Jersey
Anchorage Apartment Complex Blaze Kills 2, Injures 16
A pre-dawn fire that swept through an apartment complex in Alaska’s largest city and burned for hours killed at least two people and injured at least 16, authorities said Wednesday.
February 17, 2017
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Alaska
Tractor-Trailer’s Cab Severed In Crash; Driver Survives
Maryland State Police say a tractor-trailer’s cab separated from the rest of the rig when the truck hit a guardrail, and then slid down an embankment onto a city street with the driver inside.
February 16, 2017
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Maryland
Plane Hits Deer During Takeoff At Charlotte Airport
Federal Aviation Administration officials tell Channel 9 that a plane struck a deer while on departure at Charlotte Douglas International Airport just before noon on Wednesday.
February 16, 2017
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North Carolina
