Four dead this morning, Friday the 9th, in a train accident in the northwest of Spain in Galicia, amongst them an American tourist.
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Child Killed by Rocket
by Vivienne Hughes •
A small child has been child has been killed by a firework rocket during the village fiestas in Montillana in the north of the province.
Man Killed by Falling Branch
by Vivienne Hughes •
A 58-year-old man was killed by a falling bough as he sat on a park bench in Madrid. He had only just sat down when it dropped onto his head.
Arrested for Cruelty
by Vivienne Hughes •
A man was arrested for allegedly throwing his dog out of a 3rd-floor window, resulting in its death.
Chopper Down
by Hugh MacArthur •
One of the helicopter involved in the Asturias forest fire, belonging to the Servicio de Emergencias del Principado (SEPA) crashed this afternoon.
Lethal Hailstones Kill Birds
by Vivienne Hughes •
You often hear about hailstones destroying crops and smashing windscreens but the recent storm in Albacete killed 200 flamingos. Some sources put the figure as 300.
Bungee Tragedy Developments
by Martin Myall •
The Guardia Civil has charged two people over the death of the 21-year-old British girl in the recent bungee-jumping incident in Granada. The first is the monitor, who had 14 people in his charge that morning, jumping from the Tablate bridge. Police investigators consider that he did not carry out his duties with the “proper…
RIP Kleyo
by Martin Myall •
It wasn’t the first time that Kleyo had bungee jumped from el Puente de Tablate; she had already made one jump that same morning.
Bungee Death Update
by Martin Myall •
The news channels both in Spain and in the UK have been alive with the death of 23-year-old, Kleyo De Abreu in Lanjarón, so there is little to add.
British Woman Dies in Lanjarón
by Martin Myall •
A 23-year-old British woman lost her life bungee jumping off a bridge in the municipality of Lanjarón near the A-44.