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CTV News
6 hours ago
- Automotive
- CTV News
Life-threatening injuries after crash, intersection just east of London closed
OPP have closed an intersection just east of London after a crash between a passenger vehicle and a motorcycle. According to police, the driver of the motorcycle has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police posted to social media just after 10:30 a.m. Friday that police and local fire have closed the intersection of Dundas Street and Shaw Road. Police also said, 'All roads leading into the intersection are closed.' The intersection is expected to reopen around 3 p.m.
Sky News
9 hours ago
- Sky News
Berlin school evacuated as children suffer breathing difficulties amid 'irritant gas', police say
A Berlin primary school had to be evacuated after children began suffering side effects of an "irritant gas". German police said they were called to the school at around 9am on Friday, with reports that several pupils were complaining of breathing difficulties. It reported that the gas may have been released in a hallway of Miriam Makeba Elementary School in Moabit. The city's fire department told Sky News that 37 children were affected. Of those seven required treatment, with one child taken to hospital. In total, 400 pupils were evacuated from the premises as emergency services investigated. "The building has been evacuated and ventilated," Berlin police wrote in a post on social media. "Currently there is no longer any danger."
The Sun
11 hours ago
- The Sun
Dozens of children injured after primary school hit with tear gas attack in Berlin in ‘mass casualty incident'
DOZENS of children are reported to have been injured at a Berlin primary school after it was tear-gassed. A total of 37 pupils are suffering symptoms following the incident at Miriam Makeba School. 1 The school was evacuated and shut just after 9am today following the incident. Affected pupils are reportedly being treated by emergency services at the scene. Tear gas was sprayed in the hallway of the school building, local media has reported. Students affected complained of shortness of breath and eye irritation. A fire department spokesperson told local media that 37 children were affected. "One child had to be transported to a hospital for further medical care," they added. A police spokesperson said that the building has been ventilated and there is no further danger to students and teachers. It comes following another incident in Germany at a school in Dresden in March. As many as 38 children were injured in a horror gas attack at a school. It was reported that an "irritating gas-like substance" was sprayed at the school. A spokesperson for the fire brigade said: "We have triggered a major alarm and prepared the clinics in Dresden and the surrounding area." Numerous children were complaining of breathing difficulties, irritated eyes and intense coughing. .
CBC
4 days ago
- Automotive
- CBC
Two people in hospital after car goes over cliff in Portugal Cove–St. Philip's
New St. John's Fire Department high-angle rescue team was deployed Police, firefighters and the coast guard were called to the ferry terminal in Portugal Cove-St Philips on Sunday evening after a car went over a cliff. St. John's Regional Fire Department platoon chief Mike Hall says a senior couple were trapped in the car after it went off the road. Hall says the car was well down over the cliff, about eight feet from the ocean in a crevasse. He says the fire department's high-angle rescue team were needed to retrieve the pair. "We were able to get the two individuals out of the car and sent to hospital," Hall told CBC News on Monday morning. He says the woman had more serious injuries. Hall says the fire department had to call in a tow truck to install a winch cable to go down over the cliff and lift the car off of the rocks. At 5:00 p.m., Royal Newfoundland Constabulary announced a road closure along Beachy Cove Road. Hall says the roadway is now passable again. CBC News has asked the RNC for an interview. In a statement, the RNC said the investigation is ongoing and they are looking for people who saw Sunday's incident as well as video footage, like CCTV, dash cams and cell phones.
The Guardian
13-06-2025
- Climate
- The Guardian
San Antonio: at least 11 people killed by floods as crews search for missing
Authorities in San Antonio on Friday said at least 11 people had died in heavy storms and flooding – and that some remain missing. Rescue crews were still searching for missing people following Thursday's downpour as the flooding recedes, San Antonio fire department spokesperson Joe Arrington said. More than a dozen totaled cars were found stuck and overturned in a creek after over 7in (18cm) of rainfall fell in parts of the nation's seventh-largest city. Three of the 11 confirmed dead were between 28 and 55, according to officials. San Antonio officials said the search for the missing was focused on the creek. The vehicles were likely quickly swept off the road by fast-rising waters and that more than 70 water rescues had been made across the city, officials said. 'Our hearts are with the families of those we've lost to this week's flash floods and the families who continue searching for their loved ones,' Mayor Ron Nirenberg said.
