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The driver of a vehicle that drove into an Austin, Texas, medical center emergency room died and at least five people were injured, according to the facility’s chief medical officer. “This investigation is in its early and preliminary stages, however there is no indication at this time that this was an intentional act, nor does it indicate that the driver suffered from a medical episode,” Austin Police Department spokesperson Ariel Crumes said in a news conference. Crumes identified the driver as 57-year-old Michelle Holloway. Holloway crashed her vehicle into the emergency room’s waiting area, where three adults and two children were injured and taken to other hospitals for treatment, Crumes said. The incident is being investigated but not thought to be intentional.

Two motorists escaped unharmed after their car plunged into an Oslo fjord. How were they able to escape? A floating sauna came to their rescue, Norwegian police said. The vehicle, a Tesla, partly submerged in the water as its occupants scrambled onto the roof. “When the car ended up in the water, two people were, it appears, inside,” Oslo police wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “They were pulled from the water by a floating sauna.” The car can be seen in a video sinking under the water just as the floating sauna pulls up next to it. People on the sauna boat helped the motorists from the freezing waters. “One of the guests came running and told me a car had landed in the water. I accelerated to full speed in the direction of the people,” the sauna boat’s captain, Nicholay Nordahl, said in a Norwegian daily VG article.

Five people were caught trying to illegally cross the Polish-Belarusian border. On the Belarusian side, people tried to destroy elements of the technical barrier protecting the Polish border. The events took place in the section protected by the Border Guard Post in Czeremcha. Movement along the barrier is always monitored by the monitoring system and Polish services. Reports say migrants continue to look for opportunities to cross the border illegally. In January 2024, citizens of Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Syria tried to illegally enter the territory of Poland in the section protected by the Podlaskie branch of the Border Guard, according to Polish authorities.

Two gunmen shot and killed three people waiting at a bus stop in Jerusalem during the morning commute on November 30. Eight others were wounded during the attack. The attackers were Palestinians and were shot dead by off-duty soldiers and an armed civilian, according to local police. “The terrorists arrived at the scene by car in the morning, armed with an M-16 rifle and a handgun,” police said. “The terrorists began shooting at civilians before subsequently being killed at the scene.” Security camera video footage shows a white car stopping at the bus stop which was packed with people. Two men stepped out with guns already drawn, and opened fire at the crowd. Shortly thereafter the attackers were shot. The Israeli media reported that the victims were a woman in her 20s, a woman in her 60s and a 74-year-old rabbi.

A vehicle exploded Wednesday, November 22 at the Niagara Falls International Rainbow Bridge border crossing between the United States and Canada raising concerns of terrorism. The two people in the car died and a border patrol officer was injured. Video from an eyewitness at the scene shows an inspection booth at the bridge with smoke billowing out of the top and debris scattered about. All four bridges between Canada and the United States in the Niagara area were closed, including the Rainbow Bridge, Peace Bridge, Lewiston-Queenston Bridge and Whirlpool Bridge, according to Dominic LeBlanc, Canada’s public safety minister. “This is a rapidly changing situation,” LeBlanc said at a press conference. “All measures are being taken to ensure that people will be safe.” The vehicle was traveling at high speed. It careered about 10 feet into the air, according to an American law enforcement officer. No explosive devices were immediately found in the wreckage, the official said. The FBI’s Buffalo field office said in a social media post on X (formerly Twitter) that the agency was coordinating with local, state and federal law enforcement. Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said the New York State Police were working with the FBI to monitor all points of entry to the state. Airports and railway facilities in the area increased security. Additional explosive detective dogs and police patrols and additional screening was deployed at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, according to a spokesman with New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s office. The FBI is investigating but some reports now indicate the driver had a stuck accelerator pedal.

Forty-one workers were trapped in a collapsed road tunnel in northern India and were there for 17 days. The number of trapped workers was revised up from 40 to 41, according to Anshu Manish, a director at the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited, an agency overseeing the rescue. A new drilling machine was required to be transported to the site to replace a damaged one to help with the extrication. Reports say the exceptionally hard rock formation in the area coupled with the clearing of debris damaged the original machine and paused rescue efforts after several days. All 41 were eventually rescued after 17 days trapped in the tunnel by use of the drilling equipment, a small tunnel that was drilled for the rescue and a rope and pulley system.

A suicide bomber detonated a bomb after arriving near the entrance of the Ministry of Interior Affairs in Ankara Sunday, October 1. A second person was killed later in a shootout with police, according to Ali Yerlikaya, interior minister. The bombing happened just hours prior to the Turkish Parliament’s opening after summer recess. Two police officers were injured in the attack. The attackers arrived at the scene in a light commercial vehicle, according to Yerlikaya. “Our heroic police officers, through their intuition, resisted the terrorists as soon as they got out of the vehicle,” Yerlikaya said in a press conference.

An investigation into the crash of a truck that killed five people and injured seven others, is ongoing. The crash occurred Saturday, September 30. The incident caused a toxic chemical leak as the tanker truck was carrying anhydrous ammonia. After the wreck, the tank was drained and moved to a more secure location. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. The tanker truck spilled its load on a highway east of Teutopolis, Illinois, Effingham County Coroner Kim Rhodes said in a statement Sunday evening. “Preliminary investigation indicates five individuals died from exposure to anhydrous ammonia at the crash site,” according to Rhodes’ statement. Anhydrous ammonia is a clear, colorless gas that is toxic. Effects of inhalation range from nausea to respiratory tract irritation, depending on the length of exposure, according to the Center for Disease Control. About 500 residents living within roughly two square miles of the crash site were initially evacuated, authorities said.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the World Trade Bridge seized more than two tons of marijuana in a single enforcement action. The seizure occurred at the World Trade Bridge, when a CBP officer referred a 2023 Freightliner tractor trailer manifesting home goods for secondary inspection. Following a thorough examination that included use of a non-intrusive inspection system, CBP officers discovered 177 packages containing a total of 4,466 pounds of alleged marijuana within the trailer. The narcotics had a street value of $9,904,204.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the Calexico West port of entry discovered 223 packages of methamphetamine and heroin hidden throughout a pick-up truck. CBP officers encountered a 35-year-old male U.S. citizen driving a 2020 pick-up truck. At the time of encounter, the driver was applying for entry into the United States from Mexico. A CBP officer performing the primary inspection referred the driver for further examination at the secondary inspection area. CBP officers observed anomalies and irregularities during a non-intrusive (X-ray) examination of the vehicle. A CBP canine enforcement team responded to the scene and alerted them to the presence of narcotics. CBP officers discovered and extracted 223 packages from the rear passenger door, spare tire, and gas tank area of the pick-up truck. The narcotics were field tested as methamphetamine with a total weight of 126.06 pounds and heroin with a weight of 7.84 pounds. The estimated street value of the narcotics is $410,553. The driver was detained and turned over to Homeland Security Investigations for further processing. CBP officers seized the vehicle and narcotics.