A subway tunnel under construction near Seoul collapsed on Friday, likely leaving two workers trapped at the site, officials said. The National Fire Agency said in a statement that authorities were mobilising 55 rescue workers and 18 vehicles to rescue possible victims. The collapse happened at Gwangmyeong, a city just south of Seoul. Gwangmyeong city…
Before she was Debrina, she was Debbie. In her town of Little Falls, N.J., Debbie Kawam was a girl people wanted to be around: the cheerleader with the inner glow, dispensing high-fives in the hallways of Passaic Valley Regional High School, cruising with friends, striking a pose against a backdrop of Led Zeppelin posters, welcoming…
This New Year’s Eve turned tragic for a 45-year-old New York City subway commuter who is now in critical condition after being pushed onto the tracks while he was waiting for his train at the 18th Street station. According to the police, the accused, identified as 23-year-old Kamel Hawkins, was arrested and charged with attempted…
NEW YORK: The woman who died after being set on fire in a New York subway train earlier this month was a 57-year-old from New Jersey, New York City police announced Tuesday. The woman, Debrina Kawam, was from Toms River, a township on the Jersey Shore, according to the NYPD. New York City Mayor Eric…
In a horrific incident that sent shockwaves across the city, a woman was set on fire and killed inside a Brooklyn subway train. The gruesome act took place on the morning of December 22, 2024, at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station. At about 7:30 am, the woman who was alone in one of the train…
Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, the illegal Guatemalan migrant accused of burning a woman to death on a Brooklyn subway train in the US, was known for his heavy drinking and frequent use of synthetic drugs, the New York Post reported quoting his former roommates at the Samaritan Village homeless shelter in East New York. Zapeta-Calil, 33, was…
The man accused of killing a woman on a New York City subway train by setting her on fire was charged with murder and arson in an initial court appearance on Tuesday. Sebastian Zapeta, a 33-year-old man who police say lives at a homeless shelter in Brooklyn, was charged with three counts in a criminal…
NEW YORK: New York City police have a person in custody who is suspected to have set a woman on fire in the subway early Sunday and then watched from a bench as she became engulfed in flames and died. Surveillance video showed the man calmly approach the woman, who was sitting motionless and may…
NEW DELHI: Daniel Penny, a 26-year-old former Marine, was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely by a jury on Monday. The jury reached its verdict after five days of deliberations. “It really, really hurts,” Neely’s father, Andre Zachery, said outside the courthouse. “I had enough of this. The system is…