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Tesla Probed After Parents Say Door Handles Trapped Kids

NHTSA investigation looks at electronic handles said to malfunction, leaving kids stuck in back

(Newser) - Federal auto safety regulators opened an investigation on Tuesday into possible defects in Tesla doors that have reportedly left parents with children trapped in the back seat and forced to break windows to get them out. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the preliminary investigation is focused on 2021...

For 2 Days, He Was Trapped Behind a Waterfall

California authorities finally retrieved Ryan Wardwell from Seven Teacups falls with helicopter

(Newser) - California police used a helicopter to rescue a man trapped for two days behind a waterfall along the Kern River when the "extreme hydraulics" of the water pushed him off his climbing lines, law enforcement officials said. Ryan Wardwell, 46, of Long Beach, California, had planned to rappel down...

She Went Off the Road, Wasn't Found for a Week
Mom of 3 Found a Week
After Crashing Car
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Mar 16, 2025 7:01 AM CDT

Mom of 3 Found a Week After Crashing Car

Indiana's Brieonna Cassell is lucky to be alive, but she could lose her legs

(Newser) - An Indiana woman who apparently fell asleep at the wheel spent six days trapped in her crashed car, its back half immersed in a creek, before her rescue on Tuesday. Johnny Martinez, a tractor operator in Newton County, had spotted what hundreds of other drivers had failed to see: a...

Colorado Crews Try to Get 12 People Out of Old Mine
Tourists Rescued From
Bottom of Old Gold Mine
UPDATED
Oct 11, 2024 12:00 AM CDT

Tourists Rescued From Bottom of Old Gold Mine

1 person was killed, 23 were rescued at Colorado tourist attraction

(Newser) - The dozen people trapped at the bottom of a former gold mine in Colorado were rescued Thursday night, the Colorado Springs Gazette reports. They were stuck in the mine for six hours after an elevator malfunctioned during a tour, killing one person and injuring four others. Eleven people were rescued...

Killer Whales Trapped Under Sea Ice Make a Break for It

Orcas off coast of Japan, spotted huddled together and bobbing in the waters, appear to have escaped

(Newser) - As a nation held its breath, so, too, did a pod of killer whales trapped beneath the ice off of the northern shores of Japan, bobbing their heads up and down from a small gap in the ice to breathe. Now, officials say the dozen or so orcas appear to...

Rescuers Race to Save Tunnel Workers in India

Forty were caught in a landslide at a construction project in the mountains

(Newser) - Rescuers in northern India are trying to reach 40 workers who were trapped by a landslide as they were digging a tunnel through a mountain. Rescue teams in Uttarkashi district say they have been able to communicate with the trapped workers with walkie-talkies, and they've pumped in oxygen through...

Man Saving Moose From Halloween Decor Goes Viral

After human helps it get untangled from decorations in BC, moose gives him a friendly lick

(Newser) - Halloween proved especially frightening for one Canadian moose over the weekend, or at least one family's Halloween decorations did. The CBC reports that Shaydon Soucy was driving with his wife Saturday to visit a friend in the British Columbia city of Fort St. John when they spotted something odd...

Hikers Hear Cries for Help, Find Missing Woman in Swamp

Emma Tetewsky rescued after at least 3 days trapped in muck in Massachusetts state park

(Newser) - The search for a Massachusetts woman missing for a week has a happy ending after she was discovered alive, trapped in a swamp for what officials say may have been at least three days. Per a release , Emma Tetewsky, 31, was found Monday evening after hikers in Borderland State Park...

Boy Trapped After Fall Into 10-Inch-Wide Concrete Shaft
Boy Stuck in
10-Inch-Wide Shaft Dies
UPDATED
Jan 5, 2023 1:19 AM CST

Boy Stuck in 10-Inch-Wide Shaft Dies

A rescue effort tried to free him in Vietnam tragedy

(Newser) - The 10-year-old boy who fell into a narrow open shaft at a Vietnam construction site on New Year's Eve has died. After nearly 100 hours of attempting to save Ly Hao Nam, rescuers are now trying to recover his body, the Guardian reports. He had earlier been heard crying...

After Theater Bombing, Rescue Services 'No Longer Exist'

With 130 survivors but 'hundreds' still buried in rubble, things still look dire in Mariupol, Ukraine

(Newser) - The search for survivors continued Friday in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, where Russian forces have been accused of targeting civilians by bombing a mosque , a maternity hospital , and, most recently, a theater . Lyudmyla Denisova, Ukraine's human rights chief, told the Washington Post that 130 people have been...

Couple Stuck in Snowbound Cabin Since Dec. 6 Just Got Out
Couple Rescued From
Cabin After Being
Trapped for 2 Months
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Feb 6, 2022 4:45 PM CST

Couple Rescued From Cabin After Being Trapped for 2 Months

Snow, fallen trees kept the pair and their dog stuck inside Northern California dwelling

(Newser) - Being stuck inside for a day or two after a snowstorm isn't so bad if your house is warm and cozy, the power doesn't go out, and you have ample food and beverage. A two-month entrapment, with dwindling supplies—different story. That's how long one couple was...

A Crash, a Teen's Screams, Then a TV Crew Takes Action

It happened Monday in Brooklyn

(Newser) - Real life was more dramatic than what was being filmed in Brooklyn on Monday, when a TV crew ended up lifting a car off a trapped teen. An 80-year-old lost control of her SUV after police say her brakes reportedly stopped working, reports ABC7 . She hit a parked car, pushing...

On Lava-Covered Island, a Last-Ditch Rescue

Drone will swoop in to try to save several dogs trapped in yard on La Palma

(Newser) - It's a precarious mission in Spain's Canary Islands, one that will require "calm and concentration," but the drone is ready. So says Aerocamaras, the company that will try to rescue several dogs trapped in a yard by lava on La Palma, where a volcano eruption that...

They Heard a Yell, Then Saw the Snow-Covered Home

74-year-old man rescued after 5 days stuck in his house

(Newser) - Amid a sea of stories about Americans being stuck in their homes, a different version out of Northern California. CBS Sacramento reports that after heavy snow in Calaveras County, a 74-year-old man became trapped in his home. He was reportedly stuck there with no food, power, or phone with which...

Woman Spends 2.5 Days Stuck in a Stairwell

Unnamed woman was released from St. Louis jail, didn't follow the directions

(Newser) - A woman who had been arrested in Missouri was subsequently released from the St. Louis Justice Center—but she didn't get out for two more days. The Post-Dispatch explains the unnamed woman had been told to ride the elevator to the first floor, turn right, and exit the building....

Woman Rescued After 3 Days in NYC Elevator

In a townhouse on Manhattan's Upper East Side

(Newser) - Feel like you had a bad weekend? It could have been worse. The New York Times reports a woman who worked at the residence at 48 East 65th Street in Manhattan was trapped in the townhouse's elevator from Friday night until the owners returned home Monday morning. A rep...

1 Big Fall, 2 Broken Legs, 3 Rattlesnakes in Arizona
He Broke Both
Legs in Fall.
Then Came the
Rattlesnakes
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Oct 21, 2018 9:40 AM CDT

He Broke Both Legs in Fall. Then Came the Rattlesnakes

Arizona man rescued from 100-foot mine shaft after 2 days

(Newser) - An Arizona man should be a bit more comfortable in a hospital bed having spent two days stuck at the bottom of a 100-foot mine shaft. Believed to have been descending into the gold mine shaft near Aguila, 90 miles northwest of Phoenix, when he fell Monday, 62-year-old John Waddell...

Crowd Just Shoves Train Off Guy Stuck in Gap
Crowd Shoves Train
Off Trapped Man
Aug 6, 2014 10:02 AM CDT

Crowd Shoves Train Off Trapped Man

A little teamwork saves the day at Australian train station

(Newser) - A guy who fell into the gap between a train and the platform during this morning's rush hour in Perth, Australia, was rescued by none other than his fellow commuters, reports ABC News Australia . Video footage shows the passengers working in tandem to shove the train off him, then...

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