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Firefighters said they took one of the people to the hospital while the other two did not want to go
The ambulance was responding to a call when it collided with the school bus
The paramedic driving the ambulance was also injured
The woman was seriously injured and flown to a Stockholm hospital
The man’s ex-wife, brother and another woman are charged with attempted murder
A woman ran a stop sign, causing the incident
The suspect in custody is reported to also be a student
An off-duty paramedic and two other witnesses pulled the injured driver from the truck, before he later died at the hospital
The commuter bus struck a mini school bus, which landed on its side
The man jumped out of a moving car then got hit by a truck, but survived and made his way to his workplace
The young girl suffered severe head injuries after apparently opening the rear emergency door and falling out
The medic was taking an injured person from a fatal house fire when the incident occurred
The woman died three days after she hit the animal with her
The train conductor tried to apply the emergency brakes but it was too late
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene
The child was shot in the head with what police think was a bullet fired from a gun during a New Year celebration
Included in the deaths are a pregnant woman and two children
A car pulling out of a parking lot hit the chief’s vehicle, causing a chain-reaction incident
The woman fell off a balcony while trying to complete a dance move
The pilot said the chopper’s engine may have failed
The cause of the incident is unknown, but is currently under investigation
The suspect suffered minor injuries in the collisions
The woman, in her 20s, was seen stumbling around the platform before stumbling and falling onto the tracks
An undetermined mechanical failure has been deemed the cause of the incident
The plane crashed less than a mile from the airport
A spike in murders and shootings, much of it gang-related, shocked Chicagoans
Police allege the suspect purposely crashed, then killed the girl by sitting on top of her head until she asphyxiated
The dog escaped while the women were pulled over on a highway
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