A 76-year-old Brooklyn woman became the first known NYC fatality tied to the powerful nor'easter that battered the region when she was struck in the head and killed by a solar panel that blew off a carport at an outdoor parking lot, police and the NYC Buildings Department said. The freak accident - attributed to the powerful nor'easter winds -happened about 10:30 a.m. Sunday near Ocean Parkway and Brighton Beach Ave., not far from the beaches along southern Brooklyn,
A woman is dead after being pinned under a TTC bus in Toronto's west end Monday, police say. The incident happened around 1 p.m. near the Royal York subway station in the area of Royal York Road and Bloor Street W., police said in a social media post.
A 44-year-old man from Carden is dead after an ATV accident on Sunday night, said the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). Emergency personnel responded to an ATV rollover on Lake Dalrymple Road in Carden Township, about 84 kilometers north of Oshawa, Ont., said OPP in a news release. The 44-year-old driver of the ATV had been ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene, said police.
A fire in a detached house in northern Munich set off a large emergency operation on Wednesday, with police and firefighters blocking roads and urging residents to avoid the Lerchenau area. Police said a wider investigation was underway that would delay the morning opening of the Munich Oktoberfest beer festival. On the social media platform X, Munich police asked drivers to steer clear of the area while operations continued.
Kathleen Devine, who was in her 70s and from Knockmore, Ballina, died after a suspected allergic reaction to a sting at a farm near Ballycastle. She and her husband Des had celebrated the marriage of their daughter only last Friday. The couple had been helping a friend to harvest honey from a hive when the incident happened. Ms Devine was wearing a protective suit, but one or two bees are believed to have got inside her suit and stung her.
Hongmei Chen, a 54-year-old single mother, was biking from her job in Oakland to her home in Berkeley on the afternoon of Aug. 17 when she crossed the heavily trafficked intersection at 51st Street and Shattuck Avenue. According to a witness at the scene and a subsequent police report, Chen was hit by a large AAA truck there, leaving her with serious facial injuries.
"A maisonette split between the ground and first floors was destroyed by the fire. Part of a maisonette split between the second and third floors was damaged by the fire along with a small part of the external fascia of the building."