One person was killed after an SUV went over a cliff in Utah, officials said. On Feb. 11, at about 2:25 a.m., Hurricane City officers got reports of a vehicle having gone over a 200-foot cliff near the Hurricane overlook, according to a Facebook post by the police department. When officers arrived, they found the […]
A helicopter helped rescue a 12-year-old boy who became stranded on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in San Francisco, California firefighters reported. The rescue took place around 4:50 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, officials told KTVU. A 12-year-old boy climbed down the bluff at Fort Funston, a former military installation, and couldn’t climb back up, […]
Friends and family are paying tribute to a much-loved 19-year-old man who died after falling while taking pictures at a remote beauty spot in Utah. Jonathan Fielding died on Saturday at around 4 p.m. at Moon Overlook, a hard-to-access lookout spot in Wayne County, between Caineville and Hanksville, that is nevertheless popular with walkers and […]
A hiker was rescued after calling 911, saying he was “hanging from a cliff,” according to Hawaii rescuers. After getting the hiker’s call shortly before 1 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 28, rescuers said they used the man’s cell phone to pinpoint his location and learned he was “near the Maunawili Trail above Pali Highway,” according […]
Top appropriators have reached a deal on the totals for a dozen spending bills, clearing a critical hurdle toward securing a broader government funding agreement before federal cash expires for a swath of agencies in less than five weeks. Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and House Appropriations Chair Kay Granger (R-Texas) reached the deal […]
“The cameraman never dies.” Carson Philbin thought he was invincible, and three weeks before his death, he said so in an Instagram post about his most recent adventures. He had a decade of stunts on his SD card, most done while one hand was busy recording. But on Jan. 13, the day after his 24th […]
Rescuers looking for a missing hiker faced conditions so treacherous in an east Tennessee gorge that one suffered hypothermia when temperatures hit minus 13 degrees, according to first responders. The search began at about 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, and concluded 17 hours later when the hiker was pulled from the base of a 700-foot […]
One 3-year-old dog with a reputation for mischief bit off more than she could chew during a wintery hike in Michigan. Dancer, known by her family as a “professional troublemaker,” was on a hike in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Jan. 10 when she wriggled free from her leash, according to a Jan. 11 Facebook […]
A solo crash left a 71-year-old woman and her dog trapped in a vehicle dangling over a 200-foot drop along a Maui highway, Hawaii rescuers reported. Rescuers responded just before noon Friday, Jan. 5, to the crash on Kahekili Highway, a Maui County Fire Department news release said. They found her vehicle hanging off a […]
Police in New York are investigating the death of a 39-year-old Singapore woman who reportedly fell 70 feet after losing her footing while taking photos at the edge of a cliff. Meanwhile her husband says he wishes he had been the one to fall instead of her. Nur Aisyah Binte MD Akbar and her husband […]
Two people from Maryland are dead after a car drove off an embankment and fell 30 feet into a ravine during a police chase in Pennsylvania, officials told news outlets. Farmer Dennis Hissong, a witness, told WGAL he had only had only ever seen such a thing in movies. It was the wee hours of […]
Bystanders flagged down a deputy to report a vehicle crash into a ravine, California officials reported. The crash took place at 2:10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15, on Highway 1 near Jenner, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. The deputy spotted a vehicle overturned at the bottom of the ravine and called […]