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The captain of the cruise ship that capsized off Tuscany made an unauthorized, unapproved deviation from its programmed course, a "human error" that led to the grounding of the vessel, the chief executive of the ship's Italian owner said Monday. At least six people died in the incident.

Three women riding on a jet ski were killed when they crashed into a boat Saturday at a Los Angeles County reservoir.

A couple used a jug to make their 10-month-old daughter take solid food which eventually killed her, a court hears.

"Mass casualties" were reported at an air show after a plane slammed into the box seat area in front of a grandstand at the National Championship Air Races and Air Show in Reno on Friday, a spokesman for the show told CNN.

The Indiana State Fair reopened as officials investigated how a concert stage collapsed, killing five and injuring dozens.

A small plane carrying all three teachers for a remote Alaska village crashed in wilderness terrain, killing the pilot and one of the teachers, a school official said Sunday.

Four people are dead and a dozen were injured after a stage collapsed during a storm at the Indiana State Fair, where the country group Sugarland was set to perform.
The Indianapolis Star and WTHR reports that strong winds caused the stage rigging for the outdoor concert to collapse at the fairgrounds Saturday night in Indianapolis. Fans were trapped and injured in the incident shortly before 9 p.m. It happened before the band had taken the stage.
Details on the conditions of those injured were not immediately known.

A joyous weekend took a horrifying turn when family and friends learned that three groomsmen — including the brother of the groom-to-be — were among four people killed in a boat crash, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.

An investigation is under way into a roller coaster accident in upstate New York that killed a U.S. Army veteran who had been trying to rebuild his life after losing both legs in Iraq....

A small plane crashed into a central California hospital's unoccupied office building and burst into flames just after takeoff.