Daytona drivers Matteo Malucelli and Memo Gidley are both badly injured from a collision during the Rolex 24 race over the weekend, but seem to be in stable conditions according to the Ferarri and Gainsco teams respectively. Malucelli suffered a “severe cerebral concussion” and remains under observation, whilst Gidley underwent surgery on his left arm and leg. […]
It’s been a hectic holiday season in terms of road deaths, with well over 850 people perishing on our roads in December alone.
Remember that Asiana Airlines flight that crash landed at the San Francisco International Airport in July? Well, the the National Transportation Safety Board (in the States) has just released some never-before-seen footage of the brutal landing.
We were all saddened to hear about Paul Walker’s death on the weekend. He was a passenger in his friend’s car when it smashed into a row of trees, and was soon engulfed by flames.
This is possibly one of the most embarrassing helicopter crashes ever. If the pilot is reading this – we apologise – but you can’t hide stuff like this for long.
Woah – that’s gotta hurt. Brian Gillespie was taking the ‘Hasport Hondata Insight Car’ for a little test run in the desert, when things when a little awry.
They say a wedding day is all about the bride, and this case emphasises the point in a big way. Imagine how spare the groom will feel in time, with Brad Pitt hogging the wedding pics?
Incredible CCTV footage has surfaced showing the train crash in the northern Spanish region of Galicia as it happened.
Proton-M rocket exploded 10-15 seconds after take-off. With no reported casualties, fuel emitted from the rocket has contaminated the area.
Less than five kilometres from the finish of the second stage of this year’s Tour de France, a small French dog wandered in to the middle of the road, as the peleton approached at almost 50kph.
A 20-year-old woman survived a crash over the cliff into the rocks, between Bakoven and Oudekraal, along Cape Town’s Radlantic Seaboard on Saturday morning. She was airlifted to hospital and her condition is serious, but stable.
A hot air balloon crashed near Luxor, Egypt this morning. It was reported that the balloon caught fire approximately 300 metres from the ground and crashed into fields below. The balloon operating company, Sky Cruise, reports a gas cylinder had exploded on board. At least three people are said to have survived the crash by […]
Cape Town was visited by some distant cousin of hurricane Sandy yesterday, with 50km/h+ winds. Sadly for some concert goers, a massive advertising tower was blown over at Cape Town stadium, crashing to the ground, killing 1 and injuring some 20 others.
It may not always get the mainstream attention that it deserves, but Rally driving is a serious sport with serious risks. This was once again demonstrated last week when an Evo race car took a turn for the worse and flew off of a mountain onto a steep rocky slope.
Chaos erupted on the set of the new Sandra Bullock film this morning after a bus crashed into a movie production truck. And just in case you were wondering, no, she is not busy filming Speed 3. Six ambulances arrived at the scene within five minutes and put five passengers, who were lying on the sidewalk, in neck braces before rushing them to hospital.
This past weekend, pilot Gianfranco Cicogna Mozzoni died in front of thousands of people at the Klersdorp Air Show. This shocking footage taken the moment it happened, includes some of the crowd reactions, and can be seen inside. Please note that this might be upsetting to sensitive viewers.
The NSRI has kindly uploaded a whole of pics of their rescue mission, following the Japanese trawler which crashed into Clifton 1st Beach early Saturday morning. Click ‘continue reading‘ to see the rest of the hi-res close-up pics.
A large fishing vessel has run aground at Clifton First beach, Cape town. With heavy mists greeting excited gawkers this morning, one can be sure the same fog played a role in theis ship running aground. We are picking up details as we go, but a local convenience store manager confirmed that he heard lots […]
This just happened at the end of the 2012 Argus Cycle Tour. Click ‘Continue Reading to see the two videos. One from ahelicopter and one from the road.
BASE jumper Jeb Corliss is airlifted to hospital after breaking his leg in a fall on Table Mountain. Extreme sports enthusuaists will know that world famous BASE jumper, Jeb Corliss, is in Cape Town. Last week he made headlines by succesfully completing a controlled descent wingsuit flight off of Table Mountain, at insane speeds. Check […]
More than 4,000 people were evacuated when the Costa Concordia ran aground off the coast of Tuscany on Friday night, leaving two French passengers and a Peruvian crew member confirmed dead. Although iol reported there were no South Africans on board, news24 have confirmed there was a couple who jumped four-storeys to safety. According to the […]
Just quietly get a load of this video of mountain biker, Evan van der Spuy of Team Jeep South Africa, getting taken out. It’s COMPLETELY off the charts! The guy’s lucky he was wearing a helmet. Click ‘Continue Reading’ below to see the video.
As the “Occupy Wall Street” protests enter their ninth day, an increasing number of videos and photos have begun surfacing, showing near-indiscriminate use of tasers, mace and kenneling by the NYPD on demonstrators, who are protesting a financial system that apparently favours the wealthy and powerful over ordinary citizens.
The 2011 Tour De France didn’t start very well for a number of competitors on Saturday, after an over-eager spectator leaned in too close, causing a massive pile-up that brought down dozens of competitors.
I’m terrified of motorcycles, and this video just reminds me why. Anyway, the biker in question decided it would be a good idea to attach a helmet-cam to his or her head and take their new ride out for a spin. But sometimes, as you know, goods times, they go bad…
I came across this rather grisly story while watching the pilot of Boardwalk Empire this morning, which (by the way) is blaaaady marvellous viewing. Robert Kubica, the Formula 1 Renault driver, was badly injured in a rally crash in Italy on Sunday. And by ‘badly injured’ I mean surgeons had to reattach veins, tendons and muscles in his arm to save it.