Tag Archives: Drownings

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s coast guard retrieved the bodies of nine people who died after their boat sank on Thursday, marking the latest disaster for migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. The coast guard also retrieved 45 people from the boat after it started to fill with water four miles (about six kilometers) off the coast …

FRANKLIN, Maine (AP) — An 88-year-old man died when an all-terrain vehicle driven by his grandson broke through ice and plunged into a lake, officials said Saturday, the latest in a string of incidents linked to treacherous ice conditions in the state. The grandson managed to escape and climb back onto the ice Friday evening, but Floyd Hardison, of Waltham, …