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2008 Bronislaw Geremek, dies in Poland, in a car accident, at 76
2006 Dick Cheney accidentally shoots friend in a hunting accident 2005 Harold Kalin, singer, member of pop music duo with brother Herbert 'Herbie' Kalin, dies from automobile accident injuries, at age 71 2003 Michael Kelly, journalist, Atlantic Monthly - died in Iraq in an accident, dies at 45 1997 Michael Kennedy, son of Robert Kennedy, dies in ski accident at 39 1996 Seymour Cray, computer designer, dies in auto accident at 71 1996 Ron Brown, Secretary of Commerce, dies in an accident 1995 In South Africa, 104 miners killed in an elevator accident 1995 Alexander Knox, actor and writer (Gorky Park, Accident), dies at 88 1994 3 Seattle Seahawks injured in a car accident 1994 Yak-40 accident in north of Peru, 8 killed 1994 Antonov AN-12 having an accident at Ust-Ilimsk Kaluga, 21 killed 1994 Don Watson, race car driver, dies in an accident at 46 1994 Simon R Naoli, Tanzanian marathoner, dies in an accident at 28 1994 Train accident at Pinetown, Natal kills 47 1994 Antonio Martin, Spanish cyclist, dies in cycling accident at 23 1994 Basel al-Assad, Syrian President Assad son, dies in car accident at 31 1993 Cliff Young, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), dies in car accident at 29 1993 Gustavo Brillembourg, Venezuela/U.S. advocate, dies in an accident at 35 1993 F Murray Abraham released from hospital after car accident 1993 Sergei Y Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut, dies in accident at 35 1993 Julio Gallo, wine maker (Gallo), dies in a car accident at 82 1993 Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnast, dies in an auto accident 1993 Tip Tipping, Tim, stuntman, dies in sky-diving accident at 34 1993 Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show accident 1992 Stephen Albert, composer, Pulitzer Prize winner 1985, for symphony 'RiverRun', won Grammy Award 1995 for 'Cello Concerto', killed in an automobile accident in Cape Cod, Massachusetts 1992 Ulysses Guimaraes, Brazilian MP (chairman), dies in accident 1992 Clifford Allison, U.S. stock-car racer, dies in an accident 1992 Reginald Beck, English film editor (Robbery, Accident, Boom), dies 1992 Mike Tyrell [Red Baron], British air acrobat, dies in an accident 1992 Janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right set 1992 Comedian Pat McCormick injured in a car accident 1991 93 cars and 11 truck accident near San Francisco during a dust storm, 17 die 1991 Ralph Marrero, actor (Babe, Johnny Suede), dies in car accident at 33 1991 Jockey, Bill Shoemaker, paralyzed in a car accident 1990 2 die in a New York City subway accident 1990 13 die in 83 vehicle accident in Chattanooga Tennessee I-75, due to fog 1990 Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her accident 1990 Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident 1989 Billy Martin, New York Yankee manager, killed in a car accident at 61 1988 Carl Hubbell, pitcher for the New York Giants-253 wins, 2.97 lifetime ERA, dies in an auto accident 1988 Pauline Lafont, daughter of Bernadette, dies in hiking accident at 25 1988 Trindad Silva, actor (Hill St. Blues), dies at 38 in an auto accident 1988 Trinidad Silva, killed in auto accident at 38 1988 Adrian Adonis, Keith Franke, WWF wrestler, killed in auto accident 1987 Alain Vincx, Belgian stuntman, dies in an accident at 40 1986 Betico Croes, Arubian politician, dies in an accident at 48 1986 President Reagan announces formation of Commission on Challenger Accident 1985 Kirby Grant, actor/singer (Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74 1985 Little Richard seriously injured in a car accident 1985 Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, dies by accident 1984 Janet Gaynor, actress (Sunrise), dies at 77 from a traffic accident 1984 Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident 1983 20 killed in Britain's worst helicopter accident 1983 James G Richardson, (Tim Cassidy-Sierra), dies at 37 in ski accident 1982 Vivien Merchant, actress (Accident, Offense), dies at 53 1982 Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident 1982 Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident 1981 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident 1979 Keith Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 31 1979 Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pennsylvania (no deaths) 1976 Stanley Baker, actor (Accident, Guns of Navarone), dies at 49 1975 Mexico City's 1st major subway accident takes 26 lives 1974 Train accident at Zagreb Yugoslavia, 121 killed 1972 Worst U.S. rail accident in 14 years; 45 die in Chicago 1972 William HAF, English prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29 1972 George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident 1971 Etienne Gailly, Belgian marathoner, Bronze Medal 1948 Olympics, dies in accident at 48 1971 Duane Allman, rock guitarist, dies in a motorcycle accident at 24 1971 Georgi T Dobrovolsky, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-land accident), dies at 43 1971 Viktor Patsayev, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-landing accident), dies at 38 1971 Vladimir Volkov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-landing accident), dies at 35 1971 Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident 1970 2 die in a New York City subway accident 1969 Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of an accident a week after the Chappaquiddick car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne 1967 Theo Marcuse, actor (Mara of Wilderness), dies in auto accident at 47 1966 Bob Dylan hurt in motorcycle accident near Woodstock New York 1966 Richard Farina, rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident 1961 Train accident in Italy, 70 die 1961 Dutch Lockheed Electricity "Sirius" accident at Cairo, kills 20 1961 Valentin Vasilyevich Bondarenko, cosmonaut, dies in accident at 24 1960 Albert Camus, French author (Stranger), dies in an auto accident at 46 1959 Rosetta Duncan, (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident at 58 1958 Julia Lennon, mother of Beatle John, dies in an auto accident 1957 Accident at British nuclear reactor in Windsdale 1956 Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton) 1955 Le Mans race car accident kills 83 spectators, race continues 1954 Tennis champ Maureen Connolly's right leg is crushed in an accident 1949 Detroit Tiger pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949 1949 Golfing champ Ben Hogan seriously injured in an auto accident 1946 Eduard Veterman, Dutch painter/playwright, dies in an auto accident 1946 Jack Johnson, 1st black heavyweight champion, dies in car accident 1945 Pater Bleijs, Louis, resistance fighter, dies in car accident 1944 48 people die in a train accident in Ogden, Utah 1944 Allied aircrafts bombard per accident Fishing, Overijssel 1939 Ghazi I, King of Iraq (19??-39), dies in car accident 1938 2 die in a New York City subway accident 1937 Prince Bernhard injured in auto accident in Netherlands 1928 16 die in a New York City subway's 2nd worst accident 1926 David Lobo, Dutch actor, dies in railway accident 1926 Greta Lobo-Braakensiek, Dutch actress in railway accident 1918 Train accident at Weesp, Netherlands, kills 42 1912 1st accident (collision) in Londoner Underground: 22 injured person 1909 Joseph Walton Losey, Wisconsin, director, Damned, Accident 1905 General Trade journal publishes 1st Dutch photo (train accident) 1902 Mine accident in Wollongong, Australia, 100 die 1899 George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies 1896 1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (New York City) 1880 Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, New York 1864 Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed 1864 Thomas Donnely Doubleday, U.S. Union Col, dies in an accident 1863 Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered, 1st accident insurer 1832 1st railroad accident in U.S., Granite Railway, Quincy, Mass-1 dies 1785 2 French balloonists die in world's 1st fatal aviation accident 1654 Rembrandt Carel Fabritius, painter, dies in an accident 1560 Amy Robsart, wife of English premier Robert Dudley, dies by accident 1526 Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20 1143 John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident |
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