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Two people were killed when a Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue helicopter crashed into a small apartment complex in Pompano Beach, Florida. Two people were killed when a Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue helicopter crash ed into a small apartment complex in Pompano Beach, Florida, on Monday morning, officials said. Three people were on board the helicopter at the time, one of whom was killed, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. He was identified as Broward Sheriff's Office Capt. Terryson Jackson, 50, a 19-year veteran of the agency. Terryson Jackson, 50 Broward Sheriff A second person, an adult woman, died on the ground, the Broward Sheriff's Office said. Fire and rescue personnel work in the area where a medical rescue helicopter crashed, Aug. 28, 2023, in Pompano Beach, Fla. Marta Lavandier/AP Two people have been taken to the hospital after a Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue helicopter crashed in Pompano Beach, Florida, Aug. 28, 2023. Carra...

Police say a man fleeing a New York City drug bust crashed his motorcycle and died after a police sergeant threw a cooler at him in an attempt to stop him NEW YORK -- A man fleeing New York City police officers on a motorcycle died Wednesday after a sergeant hurled a plastic picnic cooler at his head from close range, causing a violent crash , authorities said. Eric Duprey, 30, who had three young children and worked as a delivery driver, was pronounced dead within minutes of being struck on a Bronx sidewalk. The sergeant, Erik Duran, was suspended without pay just hours later, an unusually quick disciplinary move by the NYPD. New York Attorney General Letitia James, who has jurisdiction to probe deaths involving police, is investigating. Friends and acquaintances attended a vigil Thursday night for Duprey and a makeshift memorial of photographs, candles and other mementos grew on the spot where he died. Surveillance video viewed by The Associated Press showed Duprey driving the gas...

NASA released images Thursday showing a 33-foot crater caused by Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashing into the surface of the moon last month. NASA has released images showing where it believes Russia's failed Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the surface of the moon two weeks ago. NASA said its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) operations team used estimates of the impact point published by Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, on Aug. 21, two days after the crash . The team then sent instructions to the LRO space craft to capture images of the area, which it did last week. When the LRO team compared the new images to ones that were taken before the impact, in June 2022, they found a new crater. MORE: New York to London in 90 minutes? NASA exploring passenger jet that could do it "Since this new crater is close to the Luna-25 estimated impact point, the LRO team concludes it is likely to be from that mission, rather than a natural impactor," the agency wrote in a ...

A man has been arrested after killing his sister and young niece while allegedly impaired by drugs in a head on car crash earlier this summer. A man has been arrested after killing his sister and young niece while allegedly impaired by drugs in a head on car crash earlier this summer. The incident occurred on June 17 at approximately 12:07 p.m. when 21-year-old Evan Klink of Freedom, New York, was driving a Dodge Ram and crossed the center line of a road before colliding with an oncoming 2005 Ford Focus carrying several passengers, including his sister and niece, according to a statement released by the New York State Police on Thursday. MORE: Teenager arrested after starting massive 28-acre fire when setting off fireworks with friends “Investigation determined that a 2006 Dodge Ram traveling west bound on Freedom Road crossed the center line and struck an oncoming 2005 Ford Focus traveling east bound,” authorities said in their statement. “The operator of the Ford, Dahlia J. Klink, 24...

Kentucky State Police said two bodies have been found in connection with a plane crash in Ohio County. A search had been underway for an instructor and student pilot. Two bodies were found Thursday morning following a plane crash in Ohio County after a widespread search had been launched for an instructor and student pilot, according to Kentucky State Police. A severe thunderstorm had developed in the area the the time of the suspected crash , according to the Ohio County Sheriff's Department. Officials had been search ing for an instructor pilot and a student pilot after the small plane crash ed on Wednesday near Whitesville, Kentucky. Officials coordinate the search for a missing plane that disappeared Wednesday night during a storm in Kentucky with two people aboard, Sept. 28, 2023. NewsNation MORE: Suspect wanted in murder of Baltimore tech CEO Pava LaPere arrested: US Marshals The plane was found in a heavily wooded area behind a church and a massive search and rescue operati...

Exposure to anhydrous ammonia apparently caused the deaths of five people when a tanker truck loaded with the hazardous material overturned Friday night in Illinois. Exposure to anhydrous ammonia apparently caused the deaths of five people, including two children, when a tanker truck loaded with the hazardous material overturned on a highway Friday night in a rural Illinois community, according to preliminary findings from the local coroner's office. At least seven other people from six different states were also treated at hospitals after being overcome by what authorities described as a "large plume cloud" that was released when the tanker truck spilled its load on a highway east of Teutopolis, Illinois, Effingham County Coroner Kim Rhodes said in a statement Sunday evening. Autopsies are scheduled to be performed Monday morning on the victims to confirm the preliminary findings, Rhodes said. Emergency responders set up a staging area near Teutopolis High School, Sept. ...

The single-engine Piper PA-23 crashed around 8:20 p.m. PT on Sunday shortly after taking off from Canyonlands Regional Airport, according to the FAA. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating a small plane crash that killed all four occupants -- North Dakota state Sen. Doug Larsen, his wife and their two children -- in Moab, Utah, according to officials. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum confirmed the deaths in a statement Monday afternoon. "First Lady Kathryn, Lt. Gov. [Tammy] Miller and I are deeply saddened by the heartbreaking loss of Sen. Doug Larsen, his wife, Amy, and their two young sons," Burgum wrote. "Sen. Larsen was a father, husband, coach, entrepreneur, businessman, state senator and lieutenant colonel in the North Dakota National Guard who committed himself fully to each of those roles with an unwavering sense of honor and duty," he continued. "As a legislator, he was a tenacious advocate for ...

Three people have survived after being on board a FedEx plane that crash landed at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Wednesday night. Three people have survived after being on board a FedEx plane that crash landed at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Wednesday night, according to the Chattanooga Fire Department. A call came in at 11:04 p.m. Wednesday night regarding reports that a FedEx Boeing 757 plane was experiencing landing gear failure during its final approach to the airport . After circling several times, the plane made its final descent and then crash landed, skidding off the runway, according to Chattanooga Fire Department. Smoke came out of the engines, but no fire occurred after the plane landed, authorities said. The Chattanooga Police Department told ABC News that the three people on board the FedEx plane were uninjured and able to climb out of the plane after it crash landed. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/fedex-plane-crash-lands-after-possible-landing-gear-failure-...

High school students from Long Island, New York, were on their way to band camp when their bus rolled over and crashed. At least two adults died when a bus carrying high school students from Long Island, New York, crash ed while heading to band camp in Pennsylvania, state police said. Dozens were hurt in Thursday's rollover accident in Orange County, which is about 60 miles north of New York City, officials said. At least five children were in critical condition as of Thursday evening, according to a state police spokesman. A bus rolled over and crashed in Orange County, New York. WABC The bus, carrying students from Farmingdale High School, rolled over and slid off Interstate 84 down into a 50-foot ravine around 1:12 p.m., New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said. MORE: Bus carrying locals and migrants crashes in Mexico, killing 16 The two adult passengers, identified as Beatrice Ferrara, 77, from Farmingdale, New York and Gina Pellettiere, 43, of Massapequa, were killed, state police of...

A school bus crashed on a highway in Idaho on Friday, authorities said. A school bus carrying 30 YMCA summer camp kids crash ed on Friday on an Idaho highway, according to police. All 30 kids were taken to local hospitals "in an abundance of caution," according to Idaho state police, 11 were injured and seven deemed critical. The kids' ages ranged from 13 to 18 years old, according to police, The incident occurred on State Highway 55 near milepost 84 in Boise County at around 3 p.m. local time, authorities said. This was one of four buses for the summer camp program, according to police the other three were not involved with the crash . Idaho State Police said they are investigating the crash and it's currently unknown what caused the crash. Multiple agencies responded to assist with the crash . Rescue apparatus are on scene, according to the Valley County Sheriff's Office. A stretch of the highway is expected to be closed in both directions for several hours i...

A Louisiana police officer who killed two high school cheerleaders in a car crash while in pursuit of a suspect has been charged with homicide. A Louisiana police office r who allegedly caused a car crash that killed two high school cheerleaders on New Year's Eve while he was in pursuit of a suspect has been charged with homicide. Officer David Cauthron, 42, of the Addis Police Department allegedly ran a red light during the chase and crashed into a vehicle with three young passengers inside "at a very high rate of speed," according to a statement from 18th Judicial District Attorney Tony Clayton. MORE: 1 woman dead, 2 children injured in car crash with deputy chasing robbery suspect Cauthron was charged with two counts of negligent homicide. The crash occurred just across the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge, according to the district attorney's office . The officer was pursuing 24-year-old Tyquel Zanders, after Zanders allegedly stole his father's veh...

Four members of Tennessee's Harvest Church were killed and one was hospitalized after a small plane crash near Victoria, Texas. Four passengers were killed and another was hurt after a small plane crashed in Lavaca County, Texas, on Tuesday morning, the state’s Department of Public Safety said. The injured survivor was taken south to a hospital in the nearby small city of Victoria. Images from the wreck showed the remainder of the small single-engine plane lying in a flat grass field, surrounded by pieces of debris. More than 10 vehicles were visible near the taped-off site as officials stood over it in video filmed at the scene Tuesday. Investigators at the scene of a plane crash in Lavaca County, Texas, on Jan. 17, 2023. Angela Kalinec Bordovsky/Handout Some residents living nearby said it was foggy in the area around 11 a.m. when the plane went down -- crashing near county roads less than a mile from the Yoakum Municipal Airport in south central Texas. Yoakum, Texas, is a to...