Posts Tagged Accidents

Santa Fe police investigate fatal hit-and-run

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a Chimayo man is dead after a hit-and-run accident in Santa Fe.

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Bangladesh: Owners’ many failings led to collapse

In this Sunday, May 12, 2013 file photo, Bangladeshi soldiers stand amid the rubble of the garment factory building that collapsed on April 24 as they continue search operation in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. A government investigation said poor quality construction materials and building code violations contributed to the collapse of building housing garment factories last month in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous, File)

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The defects and errors that led to the world’s deadliest garment-industry accident extend from the swampy ground the doomed Rana Plaza was built on, to “extremely poor quality” construction materials, to the massive, vibrating equipment operating when the eight-story building collapsed, a committee appointed by Bangladesh’s government concluded.

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Building materials blamed in Bangladesh disaster

In this Sunday, May 12, 2013 file photo, Bangladeshi soldiers stand amid the rubble of the garment factory building that collapsed on April 24 as they continue search operation in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. A government investigation said poor quality construction materials and building code violations contributed to the collapse of building housing garment factories last month in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous, File)

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A government investigation found that “extremely” poor quality construction materials and a series of violations caused the collapse of a garment factory building in Bangladesh that has been called the worst garment-industry disaster in history, the committee head said Thursday.

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Dozens hurt when Indiana school buses crash

NORTH WEBSTER, Ind. (AP) — A school bus slammed into the back of another bus, setting off a chain-reaction crash involving four buses in northern Indiana, leaving dozens of middle and high students with non-serious injuries and one driver seriously injured.

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Albuquerque sued over fatal collision

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The family of a 21-year-old woman killed in a February automobile collision involving an Albuquerque police vehicle is suing the city.

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