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Hockey Team Tragedy

Families of the victims of a fatal bus crash in western Canada are seeing a tremendous outpouring of support.

Hundreds gathered Sunday in the small town of Humboldt, Saskatchewan for a vigil to honor the victims at the arena where the Humboldt Broncos call home. On Friday, a semi-truck slammed into the bus carrying the junior hockey team heading to a playoff game in northeastern Saskatchewan. A total of 29 passengers, including the driver, were on the bus during…

Mysterious Crash

Officials have lots of questions about an SUV that went off a cliff, killing members of a large adopted family.

An entire family appears to have plunged off a California cliff in their SUV. The bodies of two parents, Jennifer and Sarah Hart, and three adopted children have been found. Three more kids, also adopted, are still missing. Officials believe the remaining three were also in the car, and may also be dead. Those who knew the Harts are stunned….

Canyon Chopper Crash

A tour helicopter crashed into the Grand Canyon, killing three people and sending four others to the hospital with life-threatening injuries

A trip to the Grand Canyon turned deadly for a group of tourists visiting from Great Britain. Authorities say a helicopter carrying six and an American pilot crashed into the canyon. Three people were killed. The pilot is among the remaining four survivors, all suffering from life-threatening injuries airlifted to a Las Vegas hospital. The helicopter went down Saturday night,…

Congressional Train Crash

Authorities are finding more information about the deadly crash involving a truck and an Amtrak train carrying dozens of Republican lawmakers.

Dozens of Republican lawmakers (along with their families and aides) were on board an Amtrak train with when the train slammed into a garbage truck at a crossing and partially derailed. Several congressmen and women suffered only minor injuries Minnesota’s Jason Lewis was treated for a concussion. Two people in the truck were taken to the hospital in serious condition,…

Calling the Search

The search for three missing Marines is now a recovery mission after their aircraft crashed off the coast of Australia over the weekend.

  The U.S. military has suspended the search to find three Marines, and are now focusing efforts on recovering the aircraft. The Marine Corps says they’ve notified the families of those three Marines, and the recovery efforts could take some time. Around 4:00pm local time August 5th, a MV-22 Osprey crashed off the east coast of Australia, during a normal…

Fatal School Bus Crash

A Tennessee school bus driver now faces criminal charges for a crash that killed several children.

  Chaos and tears in Chattanooga, Tennessee, following a school bus crash that killed at least five children. Many more were injured after the bus hit a tree; at least twenty were taken to the hospital. The cause of the crash has not yet been determined, however authorities believe speed may have been a factor. The bus driver is in…

Airshows Go Awry

Two elite military planes were involved in unrelated crashes yesterday.

  What was supposed to be a special day for the newly-graduated cadets at the US Air Force Academy has been overshadowed by the separate crashes of specialized military planes. Following the ceremony’s airshow, one of the Thunderbirds came to a stop in an empty field, the pilot already ejected and expected to be okay. Military officials say he made…

Charter Crash Investigation

A charter bus in South Texas overturned over the weekend, killing several people.

  The investigation into Saturday’s charter bus crash that killed eight people and injured forty-four others in Texas continues. The vehicle overturned on Highway 83, en route to a casino carrying passengers in their 50s and 60s. Authorities say everyone who died was ejected from the bus. The driver survived. The road was reported to be wet from rain but…