Boat Disaster News

The widow of a TV executive who was killed in a speedboat crash has had her leg amputated below the knee, it emerged today.

Two men in a homemade boat barely escaped with their lives Saturday afternoon after their ramshackle, half-canoe capsized in the Ottawa River near Crystal Bay.

May 18, Colombo: A medium-sized Sri Lankan Navy vessel taking part in the Victory Day celebrations today capsized in the sea off the coast of Bambalapitiya.

A man's body has been found after a lobster fishing boat capsized off the eastern coast of New Brunswick on Saturday.

LOUISVILLE, KY A crossover accident involving an overturned tanker has closed the westbound lanes of the Gene Snyder Freeway .

Three people were rescued after their boat capsized off of the Sebastian Inlet on Saturday morning, according to Indian River County Sheriff's Office.

The German city of Hamburg likely avoided a major technological disaster on May 1, when a freighter ship caught fire.

Police said they were watching the suspect, Kerry Binger, at an apartment complex near Cedar and White.

The PBF Energy refinery in Paulsboro, N.J., uses toxic chemicals such as hydrofluoric acid.

The frightening moments right after a deadly boat crash on Grand Lake were released by the Delaware County sheriff.

San Juan Island Fire Department covers Brown Island, Pearl Island, the Port of Friday Harbor Marina, Roche Harbor Marina, Jensens Shipyard, Shipyard Cove, and the Friday Harbor Ferry Terminal in addition to San Juan Island with its numerous shoreline homes.

At about 10:45 p.m., two men in a motor boat ran aground in shallow water just off shore in Benson Landing.

Bangladesh and Myanmar cleaned up on Friday after a killer cyclone wrecked thousands of homes, relieved that the damage was not much worse after the storm weakened as it made landfall.

Three men thought Wednesday's sunny skies would make for a pleasant day of fishing, but their 21-foot boat couldn't handle whipping winds and high seas and they had to be rescued from their sinking vessel.

An accident involving a semi-truck and an Albany Police Department patrol car took place Wednesday morning at the intersection of Radium Springs and Oglethorpe Boulevard.

The driver of a speedboat which crashed killing a father and daughter was not wearing a safety cord which could have stopped the engine, investigators say.

A truck driver sustained minor injuries Thursday morning when he crashed his tractor-trailer while exiting Route 581 at the Carlisle Pike in Hampden Township, Cumberland County.

Steve Schnier launched a miniature model of the U.S.S. Enterprise into the stratosphere at the end of April, and posted a video of the mission on YouTube.

Tropical Cyclone Mahasen jogged northward Thursday prior to striking the coast of Bangladesh, averting the widespread disaster that government authorities had prepared for.

The Peel Regional Police Marine Unit has rescued two people after their sailboat capsized this afternoon on Lake Ontario near Port Credit.