May 5—1/1 Swipe or click to see more STAR-ADVERTISER Ed Sniffen Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? to continue reading. Get unlimited access From as low as $12.95 /mo. The first four months of 2024 were marred by 33 deadly collisions on Hawaii roads, including a […]
Mar. 26—Speeding was a factor in fewer crashes in Ohio during the past two years, but speed-related crashes are resulting in more fatalities, according to data from the Ohio State Highway Patrol. “In the last five years, there have been over 155,500 speed-related crashes on Ohio roadways,” said OSHP Sgt. Tyler Ross. “Of those crashes, […]
Delaware has experienced a decrease in traffic-related deaths between 2022 and 2023 across all modes of transportation, including bicyclists, motorcyclists, pedestrians, and vehicle occupants. State officials reported a 16% decrease in road fatalities in 2023, totaling 137 reported cases compared to 164 in 2022. The decline in fatalities was observed across all modes of transportation […]
The last two weeks in New Hampshire’s North Country have been marked by at least a dozen snowmobile accidents, two of which have been fatal. Officials say while overall the accident numbers aren’t anything out of the norm this year, the deaths are. Two women – Shawnee Hollis, 39, and Krista Bebezas, 48 – died as […]
Feb. 24—Two in 2019, four in 2020, five in 2021 and six in 2022. Entering the winter of 2023, Longmont had seen four people injured or killed in gun violence cases, and was on pace to reverse the trend of increasing numbers over the past five years. But after a a woman was killed on […]
Sheriff Scott Knudson of St. Croix County, Wis., joined the procession on Sunday as hundreds of fellow law enforcement officers mourned two Burnsville policemen and a paramedic fatally shot a few hours earlier while working. As much as anyone, Knudson knows the pain involved. Last May, St. Croix County Deputy Kaitie Leising was fatally shot […]
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A month and a half into the new year, 26 people have died on Las Vegas valley roads. A majority of them were pedestrians, who were found three times more at fault than this time last year. Police release photos in search for driver in hit-and-run crash that left woman dead […]
A small plane carrying Rio Tinto workers to the company’s Diavik diamond mine in Canada’s remote Northwest Territories has crashed shortly after takeoff, resulting in a number of fatalities. The aircraft – identified by Canada’s Transportation Safety Board as a BAE Jetstream – was found near the Slave River after leaving Fort Smith on Tuesday […]
There were a number of fatalities following a charter plane crash in Canada’s Northwest Territories, according to a coroner’s service. There was no word yet on how many people were on board the plane, a British Aerospace Jetstream registered to Northwestern Air Lease, according to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. Next of kin are […]
Delaware has reported a decline in traffic fatalities from 2022 to 2023, but there’s more work to be done, according to officials. A 16% decrease was reported amongst fatalities overall, with 137 reported in 2023 and 164 fatalities in 2022, according to data released by the state. All reported modes of transportation: bicyclist, motorcycle, pedestrian […]
Nearly 10,000 people died of COVID-19 last month, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday, noting the rising danger of the virus nearly four years after the pandemic’s onset. Citing holiday gatherings and cooler weather, WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that in December COVID hospitalizations increased by 42 percent in nearly 50 countries, mostly in […]
Rescue workers of the State Emergency Service (SES) of Ukraine have completed the search and rescue operation at the scene of Russian fire in the Pokrovsk district of Donetsk Oblast. Source: Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine’s Interior Minister, on Telegram Quote: “Preliminary, 11 people were killed in the Russian strike, [the attack killed – ed.] entire families.” […]