GenevaLunch » accidents http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +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.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no A9 autoroute worker killed by drunk driver at Blecherette/Lausanne http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/17/a9-autoroute-worker-killed-by-drunk-driver-at-blecherettelausanne/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/17/a9-autoroute-worker-killed-by-drunk-driver-at-blecherettelausanne/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:35:06 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63646 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A 24-year old construction worker from Basel was killed Wednesday night on the A9 autoroute near the Blécherette exit in the direction of Geneva, shortly before 22:00, when a drunk driver hit him and narrowly missed a second worker. The driver, a 27-year-old Frenchman, is being held by canton Vaud police. The [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/17/a9-autoroute-worker-killed-by-drunk-driver-at-blecherettelausanne/feed/ 0 Three die, one critical in Matterhorn, Gr Combin, Jungfraujoch accidents (update) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/16/three-die-one-critical-in-matterhorn-gr-combin-jungfraujoch-accidents-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/16/three-die-one-critical-in-matterhorn-gr-combin-jungfraujoch-accidents-update/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:11:05 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62507 GenevaLunch.com Matterhorn victims identified GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The weekend of 15-16 October was a deadly one in the Swiss Alps, with three people dead and one in critical condition following three separate accidents at high altitude. Speedflyer fails on takeoff from Jungfrau A speedflyer died Saturday 15 October when his Jungfrau takeoff failed. The 25-year-old Swiss [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/16/three-die-one-critical-in-matterhorn-gr-combin-jungfraujoch-accidents-update/feed/ 0 Swiss safety council calls for safer post-bar nights http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/13/swiss-safety-council-calls-for-safer-post-bar-nights/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/13/swiss-safety-council-calls-for-safer-post-bar-nights/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:20:30 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62447 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Nearly half, 48 percent, of all road deaths/critical injuries from road accidents are young people ages 18-24, with 42 percent men and only 6 percent women. Too many road accidents in Switzerland occur late at night or in the early hours of the morning after discos and bars close on weekends, with [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/13/swiss-safety-council-calls-for-safer-post-bar-nights/feed/ 0 Motorcyclist dies in Russin crash http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/06/motorcyclist-dies-in-russin-crash/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/06/motorcyclist-dies-in-russin-crash/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:05:03 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62162 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 56-year-old Swiss man who lived in Ain, France, died late Wednesday 5 October when his motorcycle and a car collided head on, on the Route de Mandemant in Russin, on the outskirts of Geneva. The man was weaving his way downhill when he attempted to pass one or several cars, say [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/06/motorcyclist-dies-in-russin-crash/feed/ 0 Weekend deaths: murder, roads, fire, mountains take their toll (update) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/22/weekend-deaths-murder-roads-fire-mountains-take-their-toll/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/22/weekend-deaths-murder-roads-fire-mountains-take-their-toll/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:13:22 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60814 GenevaLunch.com Italian dies on Matterhorn late Sunday afternoon Update 11:50  GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The past four days have taken a high toll in deaths and injuries in Switzerland: a well-known wine writer was murdered by her former companion who then committed suicide early Friday, three mountain climbers lost their lives in falls and four youths on [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/22/weekend-deaths-murder-roads-fire-mountains-take-their-toll/feed/ 0 Weekend deaths: German motorcyclist, Swiss climber http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/15/weekend-deaths-german-motorcyclist-swiss-climber/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/15/weekend-deaths-german-motorcyclist-swiss-climber/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:36:33 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60652 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Two people were killed this weekend in mountain accidents. A 68-year-old German motorcyclist was killed Sunday afternoon 14 August at the Maloja Pass in canton Graubuenden and his 62-year-old passenger injured when he crashed while passing a caravan being pulled by a car shortly before the final bend at the top of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/15/weekend-deaths-german-motorcyclist-swiss-climber/feed/ 0 Falling from heights is your child’s most dangerous activity http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/04/falling-from-heights-is-your-childs-most-dangerous-activity/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/04/falling-from-heights-is-your-childs-most-dangerous-activity/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:38:39 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60410 GenevaLunch.com Football and skiing cause greatest number of sports injuries, Swiss safety statistics show ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The greatest number of injuries to children around the home in Switzerland are due to falling from heights, while by age 26 falling on stairs becomes more of a problem. By age 45 we become wiser about avoiding falls [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/04/falling-from-heights-is-your-childs-most-dangerous-activity/feed/ 1 Yosemite Nat’l Park in US seeing higher than usual no. deaths http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/03/yosemite-natl-park-in-us-seeing-higher-than-usual-no-deaths/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/03/yosemite-natl-park-in-us-seeing-higher-than-usual-no-deaths/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:27:07 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60383 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The US Park Service is reporting one of the worst years in recent memory for deaths in the popular western US national park, Yosemite, reports the Los Angeles Times. Fourteen people have died so far this year, with a California women the latest victim after she slipped while coming down the rain-soaked [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/03/yosemite-natl-park-in-us-seeing-higher-than-usual-no-deaths/feed/ 0 Holiday weekend takes 3 lives in accidents, 4th person in critical condition (update) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/02/holiday-weekend-takes-2-lives-in-accidents-3rd-person-in-critical-condition/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/02/holiday-weekend-takes-2-lives-in-accidents-3rd-person-in-critical-condition/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:29:37 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60307 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Three people died in cantons Lucerne, Vaud and Valais over the long holiday weekend, as a result of accidents, and a fourth person is in critical condition. Police in Valais say a 43-year-old Swiss man died while out hiking Sunday afternoon 1 August. He left the Cabane (hut) Pointe Rouge near Lidde [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/02/holiday-weekend-takes-2-lives-in-accidents-3rd-person-in-critical-condition/feed/ 0 Swiss serious accident rate lowest since 1950s http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/19/swiss-serious-accident-rate-lowest-since-1950s/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/19/swiss-serious-accident-rate-lowest-since-1950s/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:52:34 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59979 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The number of people who died or were injured in road accidents in Switzerland fell below 20,000 in 2010, for the first time since the 1950s, numbers released 19 July show. Federal Statistical Office annual figures show that 327 people died in road accidents, 4,458 were seriously injured and 19,779 suffered lighter [...]

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