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Yahoo
13 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Police issue statement after woman hit by bus on Oxford Street
Police have issued a statement after a woman was hit by a bus on Oxford Street, leaving her in hospital. Officers were called to the road outside Bond Street station around 6.45pm yesterday (May 31). The woman was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital. Her condition is not yet known. An air ambulance also landed nearby, drawing the attention of many onlookers in the busy shopping area. There have been no arrests but police enquiries into the incident are ongoing. A Met Police spokesperson said: 'On Saturday, 31 May police were called to Bond Street, at 18:44hrs following reports of a road traffic collision between a bus and pedestrian. 'Met officers attended the scene alongside paramedics who treated a woman on scene before taking her to hospital. 'We await an update on the woman's condition. 'There were no arrests, and enquiries into the circumstances remain on-going.' A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: 'We were called at 6.42pm (31 May) to reports of a road traffic collision near Bond Street Station, W1C. 'We sent multiple resources to the scene, including a paramedic in a fast response car, an ambulance crew and an incident response officer. We also dispatched London's Air Ambulance. 'We treated a patient at the scene before taking them to a major trauma centre.'
Al Arabiya
13 hours ago
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- Al Arabiya
Road accident in northern Nigeria kills 22 athletes returning from a sports festival
A bus veered off a bridge in Nigeria's northern state of Kano, killing at least 22 athletes returning home from a sports festival and leaving several other passengers injured, the state's governor said. The cause of the accident, which happened on Saturday, was not immediately known. The athletes had taken part in the Nigerian National Sports Festival in the southern state of Ogun over the last week. The driver appeared to lose control of the bus and the vehicle, with over 30 passengers, plunged off the Chiromawa Bridge on the Kano-Zaria expressway, according to Abba Kabir Yusuf, the governor of Kano. Survivors of the crash were taken to a local hospital for treatment. Yusuf said the athletes, who were accompanied by their coaches and sporting officials, were representing Kano at the sports festival, a major multi-sports event that bringing together athletes from the country's 35 states every two years. The governor declared Monday a day of mourning for the state. The families of the victims are to receive 1 million naira (about $630) and food supplies as support, Kano's deputy governor, Aminu Gwarzo, said. Road accidents are frequent in Africa's most populous country, in part due to poor road conditions and lax enforcement of traffic laws. In March, at least six people died near Nigeria's capital of Abuja after a trailer crashed into parked vehicles and burst into flames.
Associated Press
15 hours ago
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- Associated Press
Road accident in northern Nigeria kills 22 athletes returning from a sports festival
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A bus veered off a bridge in Nigeria's northern state of Kano, killing at least 22 athletes returning home from a sports festival and leaving several other passengers injured, the state's governor said. The cause of the accident, which happened on Saturday, was not immediately known. The athletes had taken part in the Nigerian National Sports Festival in the southern state of Ogun over the last week. The driver appeared to lose control of the bus and the vehicle, with over 30 passengers, plunged off the Chiromawa Bridge on the Kano-Zaria expressway, according to Abba Kabir Yusuf, the governor of Kano. Survivors of the crash were taken to a local hospital for treatment. Yusuf said the athletes, who were accompanied by their coaches and sporting officials, were representing Kano at the sports festival, a major multi-sports event that bringing together athletes from the country's 35 states every two years. The governor declared Monday a day of mourning for the state. The families of the victims are to receive 1 million naira (about $630) and food supplies as support, Kano's deputy governor, Aminu Gwarzo, said. Road accidents are frequent in Africa's most populous country, in part due to poor road conditions and lax enforcement of traffic laws. In March, at least six people died near Nigeria's capital of Abuja after a trailer crashed into parked vehicles and burst into flames.
CBS News
a day ago
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- CBS News
1 person injured after large tree falls on bus in Philadelphia's Franklin Square
An NJ Transit bus passenger was injured after a large tree fell on the bus Saturday morning near Franklin Square, Philadelphia police said. Police said the tree fell on an NJ Transit bus that was parked on the 200 block of North 6th Street just before noon. The tree's impact damaged the roof of the bus, according to police. CBS Philadelphia Investigators said a 47-year-old man was inside the bus when the tree fell and suffered a head injury. He was taken to a nearby hospital for further evaluation and is said to be in stable condition, according to police. It's unclear how many other people were on board the bus when the tree fell.
CBC
3 days ago
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- CBC
4-year-old dead, 2 women injured in bus crash near West Van ferry terminal: police
A young child has died and two women are in hospital, after they were hit by a bus near the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal in West Vancouver on Wednesday. Johna Baylon has the latest.
