A collision between a truck and a train at a level crossing in Guildford, Perth, injured six people, including two toddlers. The truck was reportedly torn in half, with debris damaging a nearby four-wheel drive. Train services on the Midland line were cancelled.
A workplace death, a fatal truck collision on the Toowoomba bypass, and an elderly man killed in a fire have made for a tragic 24 hours in the regional city.
At least one person was killed and about 20 people were hospitalized after a bus collided with a truck near Russia's second-largest city of St. Petersburg. Five of the injured are in critical condition, including a child. Five patients, including the child, were later discharged from hospitals in the Leningrad Region.
Federal investigators revealed multiple failures that led to the March 22 collision between Air Canada Express Flight 8646 and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport, killing two pilots and injuring 39. The fire truck lacked a transponder, disabling the ASDE-X crash warning system, and drove through active runway warning lights while controllers were overwhelmed by heavy traffic and a separate emergency.
