Safety & Security News

Car Bomb Explodes Outside Danish Embassy in Pakistan
...ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A car bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in an upscale area of the Pakistani capital Monday, killing at least six people, according to reports from hospitals.

Photo: courtesy of Olivier Matthys/European Pressphoto Agency
The scene of a bomb attack in front of the Danish embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan.
A senior official at the Interior Ministry, Rehman Malik, said one foreigner was among the dead, but he did not give a nationality. (more)

Car Crashes into House in Saint Paul, Minnesota
.. SAINT PAUL, MN -- It was a jarring start to the day for one St. Paul family as a car crashed into their kitchen just before 5:00 Sunday morning.

The situation started as a carjacking, and within blocks the stolen car crashed into another SUV before careening into the house on Jessamine Avenue.
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Two more suits are settled for $6 million in Santa Monica Farmer's Market Tragedy.
... Santa Monica, CA - The city of Santa Monica and other defendants will pay $21 million to settle dozens of civil lawsuits arising from the July 2003 crash at the downtown Farmers' Market that left 10 people dead and 63injured. The city and the elderly driver have been blamed for the crash that killed 10 people.

The amount includes a $6-million resolution, announced Wednesday, in the final two cases in the long-running legal controversy. It also includes $15.3 million for plaintiffs in 40 other cases that was agreed upon earlier this year. (more)

SUV Crashes Into Office Building in San Jose, California

Units from the San Jose Fire Department and the Santa Clara County Fire Department responded to a call of a vehicle into a structure at 2542 South Bascom Avenue in San Jose ...

The SUV then proceeded to plow through a set of interior doors and into a just vacated conference room where it shattered a conference table, chairs, plants and exterior windows. Miraculously no one was injured in the business and the driver of the vehicle was able to walk away unharmed. ... [more]

West Virginia Vehicle Lands on Bar Sparking Blaze

On Saturday April 17, 2004 at 0521am, the Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department responded to vehicle crash at the Fish Bowl Bar and Grill with fire reported. First engine on scene reported heavy fire and vehicle was on top of the building. ... [more]

A driver in Jefferson, W.Va. who fell asleep at the wheel of his pickup truck, woke up to a nightmare. Authorities say after he dozed off, his truck hit an embankment and went airborne over another parked pickup truck before landing on the roof of a bar ... [more]

Vehicle Crashes into Restaurant in Greeley, Colorado

... Union Colony Fire Rescue Firefighters in Greeley, Colorado were called to a vehicle that had crashed into the "Egg & I" restaurant in Greeley. Upon their arrival they found a vehicle had crashed through the front window. The driver, a 78 year old woman, and some
customers who had been sitting in a nearby booth were examined for injuries. One diner who was seated at a booth saw the car coming and leaped out of the way, avoiding serious injury ... [more]

Two Car Crash, Vehicle Ends Up Inside Busy Downtown Chattanooga Restaurant

... 9-1-1 callers reported a vehicle had crash through the front of a busy sports bar. When rescue units arrived on the scene, they immediately called for additional medic units due to the high occupancy inside the establishment.

... Witnesses say the crash occurred when a green Ford Mustang ran a stop sign at the intersection causing the pickup truck to collide with it. The pickup truck bounced off the Mustang and headed right for the front of the sports bar. ... [more]

SUV Plows Through Crowd at UNC; Six Hurt

... CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities planned to charge a former University of North Carolina student with attempted murder after he allegedly drove a sport utility vehicle through a popular gathering spot on campus Friday, clipping and scattering startled bystanders. No one was seriously hurt.

Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, 22, who graduated in December after studying psychology and philosophy, was in the custody of campus police. They intended to charge him with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, said police Capt. George Hare.

The FBI joined the case because Taheri-azar, a native of Iran, ''allegedly made statements that he acted to avenge the American treatment of Muslims,'' said agent Richard Kolko, an FBI spokesman in Washington. ''The ongoing investigation will work to confirm this.'' ...[more]

Woman Drives Station Wagon Into Bookstore

... ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A woman drove a station wagon through a wall of the Barnes & Noble bookstore, sending glass, wood and books flying. Three people suffered leg injuries. Two were taken to a hospital.

The store was filled with shoppers at about 2 p.m. Sunday when the Subaru station wagon plowed backward through picture windows in a reading area in the store's northwest corner. The car took out the travel section and barreled about 40 feet through the bookstore before coming to rest in nonfiction. ... [more]