On August 31, 2025, at about 11:08 p.m., two boats collided on Lake Hamilton in Garland County, Arkansas. According to the Garland County Sheriff’s Office, six people were involved. Three individuals were transported to area hospitals for treatment, and three were...
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One Dead, One Critically Injured in Little Cottonwood Canyon Plane Crash
On August 31, 2025, a Piper PA-28R-200 Cherokee Arrow II (N1147X) crashed in the Albion Basin area of Little Cottonwood Canyon near Alta, Utah, at about 5:21 p.m. According to the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office, one person died at the scene and another was flown in...
One Dead, Three Injured After Midair Collision Near Fort Morgan Municipal Airport
On August 31, 2025, two small aircraft collided while attempting to land near Fort Morgan, Colorado, at about 10:44 a.m. According to the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, a Cessna 172 on final approach was struck midair by an Extra EA-300. Both aircraft crashed and...
Pontoon Boat Overturns on Flagstaff Lake; Two Killed, One Critically Injured
A weekend outing on Flagstaff Lake ended in tragedy on Saturday, August 30, 2025 at about 1:30 p.m. near the Cathedral Pines Campground beach in Eustis, Maine. According to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, seven people were aboard an 18-foot...
Fatal Boating Collision Near Captiva Pass Leaves One Dead, One Hospitalized
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) says a collision between a jet ski with two aboard and a 28-foot vessel with four aboard occurred Saturday in the channel of Pine Island Sound near Captiva Pass. One person from the personal watercraft was...
Two Killed in Plane Crash Northeast of Kearney, Nebraska
On Wednesday night in Nebraska, the FAA reported an overdue private aircraft that had lost radio contact with controllers at Kearney Regional Airport. A multi-agency search began around 9:30 p.m. north of the airport and used ground units, UTVs, and drones from the...
Crane Tip-Over at Austin Water Lift Station Leaves Contractor Dead
On August 28, 2025, in Austin, Texas, a mobile crane tipped onto its side at the Great Hills Lift Station project site on Spicebrush Drive. Austin Fire Department and Austin-Travis County EMS arrived just after 12:30 p.m. Crews reported one person trapped and...
Three Workers Die in Trinity County, Texas Accident
On August 27, 2025 in Trinity County, Texas, three men died during an industrial accident at a sewer lift station in the Westwood Shores subdivision. According to reports, crews were repairing an above-ground pump when a leak inside a manhole prompted one worker to go...
Two Killed in Cessna 340 Crash Near Midwest National Air Center in Missouri
Shortly before noon on August 27, 2025, deputies and firefighters responded to reports of heavy smoke near NE 140th Street and Rhodus Road in rural Excelsior Springs, Missouri. Crews found a Cessna 340 crashed in a soybean field and fully engulfed in flames. Two...
Small Plane Crash Near Los Banos, California Kills Pilot
Incident description On Tuesday evening, Aug. 26, 2025, a single-engine aircraft crashed in rural Merced County, California, west of Interstate 5 between Highways 165 and 152 near Santa Nella/Los Banos. Deputies and CHP officers located wreckage in an open area just...

