GenevaLunch » accident http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Piper crash outside Lausanne kills 6http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/29/piper-crash-outside-lausanne-kills-6/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/29/piper-crash-outside-lausanne-kills-6/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 08:14:54 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69678 GenevaLunch.com Bodies not yet clearly identified after birthday flight crash LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A Piper crashed at 15:30 Saturday 28 April in Tatroz, canton Fribourg, not far from Lausanne in the commune of Attalens, killing six people. The police have not yet been able to give positive identifications to the bodies, but local media say it [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/29/piper-crash-outside-lausanne-kills-6/feed/ 0 Man dies in Zermatt area crevasse fallhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/12/man-dies-in-zermatt-area-crevasse-fall/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/12/man-dies-in-zermatt-area-crevasse-fall/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:10:34 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68954 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 42-year-old Swiss man lost his life Thursday 12 April when he fell 7 metres down a crevasse in the Zermatt region. He and two other ski tourers, who were roped together, were crossing the Grenz glacier, heading from Ludiwigssattel to the Monte Rosa hut when the accident occurred at 10:30.

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/12/man-dies-in-zermatt-area-crevasse-fall/feed/ 0 A1 accident kills 1 in Montreuxhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/02/a1-accident-kills-1-in-montreux/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/02/a1-accident-kills-1-in-montreux/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:09:07 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68530 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A 62-year-old man died Monday afternoon following an accident at the Montreux exit of the A1 autoroute in the direction of Villeneuve. The driver lost control of his car for reasons that are not yet clear, say Vaud police. The car hit the exit sign after swerving on the road and the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/02/a1-accident-kills-1-in-montreux/feed/ 0 10-yr-old dies in Grandson farm accidenthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/28/10-yr-old-dies-in-grandson-farm-accident/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/28/10-yr-old-dies-in-grandson-farm-accident/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:16:25 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68347 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A 10-year-old boy driving a fork-lift that was carrying potatoes died around noon WEdnesday 28 March when he lost control of the vehicle and it overturned, crushing him. He was working with several members of his family on the farm near Grandson when the accident happened and despite an emergency team arriving [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/28/10-yr-old-dies-in-grandson-farm-accident/feed/ 0 Missing youth’s body found, car crash death in 2 Valais incidentshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/21/missing-youths-body-found-car-crash-death-in-2-valais-incidents/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/21/missing-youths-body-found-car-crash-death-in-2-valais-incidents/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:07:06 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68092 GenevaLunch.com SION, SWITZERLAND – Police in canton Valais say the body of 20-year-old Bastien Monnet, who has been missing from Martigny since 29 January 2012, was found in woods in Vérossaz 17 March by a farmer. No further details were provided. A second death was reported Tuesday morning 20 March in St Luc, in the Val [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/21/missing-youths-body-found-car-crash-death-in-2-valais-incidents/feed/ 0 Motorcyclist critically injured near Morges; police seeking witnesseshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/15/motorcyclist-critically-injured-near-morges-police-seeking-witnesses/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/15/motorcyclist-critically-injured-near-morges-police-seeking-witnesses/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:02:07 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67741 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A 27-year-old French man who lives in Lausanne is in critical condition at the Chuv University hospitals after he was taken there early Thursday morning following a motorcycle accident. He was on the road from Morges, on a small bike (scooter in French) heading in the direction of Rolle when he was [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/15/motorcyclist-critically-injured-near-morges-police-seeking-witnesses/feed/ 0 Sierre bus crash in tunnel: where it happened (correction)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/14/sierre-bus-crash-in-tunnel-where-it-happened/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/14/sierre-bus-crash-in-tunnel-where-it-happened/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:23:06 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67604 GenevaLunch.com SIERRE / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The cause of the Tuesday night 13 March bus crash that killed 28 in Sierre could remain a mystery for some time, with the two drivers dead and no immediate explanation for an accident in good weather, at the start of a trip, in a relatively new and well-lit tunnel. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/14/sierre-bus-crash-in-tunnel-where-it-happened/feed/ 0 Belgian school bus crash in Swiss tunnel: impact of an “extreme violence” (update)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/14/belgian-school-bus-crash-in-swiss-tunnel-impact-of-an-extreme-violence-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/14/belgian-school-bus-crash-in-swiss-tunnel-impact-of-an-extreme-violence-update/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 06:41:28 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67599 GenevaLunch.com SIERRE / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Police in Valais are trying to piece together the cause of the Tuesday night 13 March accident they are describing as “of an extreme violence”. Twenty-eight people, 22 of whom were children about age 12, lost their lives in the crash at 21:15 Tuesday night. Valais police chief Christian Varone [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/14/belgian-school-bus-crash-in-swiss-tunnel-impact-of-an-extreme-violence-update/feed/ 0 Horrific accident in Sierre autoroute tunnel: Belgian bus crash kills 28 (Update)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/14/horrific-accident-in-sierre-autoroute-tunnel-belgian-bus-crash-kills-28-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/14/horrific-accident-in-sierre-autoroute-tunnel-belgian-bus-crash-kills-28-update/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:54:54 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67591 GenevaLunch.com Bus carried two classes of 12-year-olds; 24 injured Update 07:10  GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A bus from Belgium, carrying two school classes of children who had just finished a week of ski holidays in the Val d’Anniviers, crashed in an autoroute tunnel in Sierre late Tuesday 13 March, killing 28 people and leaving 24 injured, Valais [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/14/horrific-accident-in-sierre-autoroute-tunnel-belgian-bus-crash-kills-28-update/feed/ 0 A9 death near Vevey exit, autoroute closed for 3.5 hourshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/27/a9-death-near-vevey-exit-autoroute-closed-for-3-5-hours/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/27/a9-death-near-vevey-exit-autoroute-closed-for-3-5-hours/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:54:13 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67004 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A 45-year-old Valais man died on impact when he was thrown from his car, which rolled several times on the A9 autoroute Monday afternoon, between Chexbres and Vevey. Police are seeking witnesses to the accident, which took place shortly after 16:00. The autoroute was initially closed on the Lausanne to Valais side [...]

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