Results tagged “accident” from Chester Chronicle - And Finally

Boris Johnson narrowly escaped injury yesterday when a truck almost dragged a car in front of his bike.

The Mayor of London was one of a few cyclists pedalling along when the truck doors swung open and hooked on to a parked car, which lurched viciously across the road.

One witness said: "This great big truck just grabbed the car, spun it around and dragged it along. I've never seen anything like it. It could've been a catastrophe."

Mr Johnson said: "I am relieved no one was hurt."

The incident was captured on CCTV in Limehouse, East London, at 11am, showing the cyclists rounding a bend with the truck on the outside.

As if running out on stage in thick smoke isn't bad enough...

I'm not sure if this was a stunt or if the lass on the stretcher was genuinely injured in the first place? Either way I'm sure she ended up in hospital...

Notes worth £23,000 blew away when a driver lowered the roof on his sports car in Niedersachsen, Germany, yesterday.

The driver of the Audi A3 convertible, a 23-year-old man, was test-driving the vehicle on Wednesday and unwisely placed the pile of crisp 500-euro notes to pay for the car on the back seat.

When he realised his costly error, he called the police, who closed down the motorway during the hunt for the notes.

A baggage cart got sucked in a plane engine at Los Angeles International Airport...

A drunken youth was rescued by firefighters after squeezing through the slot in a charity clothes bin and getting stuck.

The lad, who dialled 999 from inside the recycling container, was arrested for attempted theft early yesterday in Midhurst, West Sussex.

A witness said: "He was paralytic."

A man accidentally shot his wife in the foot when he tripped in a rabbit hole.

Jon Hudson, 47, and Mandy, 49, were patrolling their fishery looking for vermin when his shotgun went off.

Mrs Hudson was blasted in the ankle but was stable in hospital yesterday.

Firefighters used cutting gear normally reserved for victims of car accidents to free a toddler from her potty after her toilet training went wrong.

Rebecca Rogers, three, ended up with her foot stuck in the plastic bowl's handle.

Dad Kevin, 46, from Chirk, near Wrexham, said: "It was really stuck. I got the scissors, then shears, but it was too dangerous so I phoned the fire service. I never expected a full crew in a truck to arrive."

North Wales Fire and Rescue said: "This type of call is infrequent and unusual."

The full and original story is on Ananova

A Russian man survived after downing three bottles of vodka and leaping from a fifth floor balcony - twice.

Alexei Roskov says he jumped the second time because he couldn't take his wife's nagging about the first time.

Wife Yekaterina had watched in horror as her drunken hubsand opened the kitchen window of their Moscow apartment, and hurled himself out.

I think this video is testament to the strength of the cars these days used in World Rally. The crash happened In the Portuguese rally last weekend, with driver Jari-Matti Latvala admitting it was the biggest of his career (you'd certainly hope so!)...

I've posted videos on this blog before now lambasting the theatrical prowess of professional footballers (soccer for our American visitors). Well, I take it all back - this really takes the biscuit....

A Swedish children's television presenter gave credence to the well-worn phrase "don't try this at home" when the tip off a finger was sliced off while chopping a potato in the middle of a live programme.

The presenter was working on a programme entitled "Andedräktstavlingen" (literally: "breath competition") in Sveriges Television's Malmö studio when the unfortunate accident occurred.

The presenter was chopping a potato when the knife slipped and went straight through the tip of the middle finger on the left hand, cutting off the nail and part of the pad of the finger.

The full original article was published at TheLocal.se

And Finally found this one on www.cdnn.info

Police arrested four fishermen who accidentally killed a diver with explosives.

Police officials in the Phu Cu District in the central province of Binh Dinh, Vietnam, told CDNN the Coast Guard heard an explosion and caught the fishermen who tried to escape.

The fishermen told police they saw bubbles and movement under the surface and thought it was a large fish.

One of the fishermen tossed dynamite into the water and after it exploded the group jumped into the water but instead of finding a fish, they found the body of the dead diver.

The full version of this story can be found on www.cdnn.info

Horrified Robert Jones ended up with a careless driving charge after his satnav left his BMW perched on the edge of a cliff.

Robert, 43, followed the device's instructions as he headed for a friend's house - even when it began taking him up a steep, rocky footpath.

He finally realised something was seriously wrong when his BMW hit a fence just inches from a 100ft drop.

Robert said: "I just trusted the satnav.

And Finally... For some chap to start videoing this you guess that lorries crashing into the bridge is quite a common occurence:

And Finally... I found this one on Metro.co.uk...

A Philippine plane with 80 passengers aboard narrowly avoided a crash - after a man teaching his girlfriend to drive sped across the runway as the aircraft landed.

The Cebu Pacific plane briefly touched down at Legazpi airport in the central Philippines on Saturday, but took off again as the van being driven by the couple crossed the runway.

'That van could have turned us into a fireball had I not successfully aborted landing,' said pilot Christopher Nowioki.

Six people were injured and three arrested as chaos broke out at auditions for TV show America's Next Top Model.

Thousands were queuing outside a hotel when a car pulled up and a man shouted "fire", according to reports.

As many began to flee someone ran into the crowd to loot bags dropped by would-be models and grab abandoned clothing.

Police cancelled the audition at the Park Central New York hotel in Manhattan for the hit reality show, created and hosted by the former supermodel Tyra Banks.

AN Indonesian villager had to be rushed to hospital after a horse bit off one of his testicles.

The 35-year-old man was unloading sand from a horse-drawn cart at a construction site in Sulawesi earlier this week when the attack occurred, Indonesia's state-run news agency Antara reported.

A witness said the animal suddenly lunged at the man, sinking its teeth into his crotch.

The hero pilot who safely landed his crippled jet on New York's Hudson River has told how he felt "calm on the outside, turmoil on the inside".

Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger guided the US Airways Airbus 320 - with 154 passengers onboard - to a perfect emergency splash landing when its engines cut out after apparently hitting a flock of geese.

Speaking after getting a standing ovation during the Super Bowl in Tampa, Florida, the cool-headed 58-year-old described the drama as "shocking" and "surreal".

In a brief interview he told US TV: "It was very quiet as we worked, my co-pilot and I. We were a team. But to have zero thrust coming out of those engines was shocking... the silence."

Asked how he felt as the jet glided towards the water, veteran flyer Sullenberger - who is desperate to play down his heroics - admitted: "Calm on the outside, turmoil inside."

Flight 1549 lost power in both engines after the bird strike on take-off from New York's LaGuardia Airport on January 15 and he made the split-second decision to ditch in the icy water to save crashing into the city.

His proud wife Lorrie revealed they have been flooded with fan mail. She said: "It allows both of us to express emotion about it all. We both sit there and cry."

All passengers and crew members were plucked to safety unhurt - with the brave dad of two wading waist-deep in water to check the aisles before being rescued last.

President Barack Obama gave him VIP seats at his inauguration, while Virgin boss Richard Branson has offered him a top job.

Last night it emerged Capt Sullenberger had asked his home library in Danville, California, to waive fees for an overdue book - after it sank with the plane.

Stunned officials quickly agreed.

You score a good goal, run towards your screaming fans to share the special moment with them and then slide on your knees across the turf... or at least that's the plan: